Diagnosis of hepatopulmonary syndrome with contrast transthoracic echocardiography and histological confirmation

Liver

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 285-287

  Aller, R ^a,b   Moreira, V ^a   Boixeda, O ^a   Moya, J L ^a   De Luis, D A ^a   Enriquez, J L ^a   Fogue L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b Dpt Gastroenterology   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hepatopulmonary syndrome; Morphometry; Pulmonary vasodilatation; TCEE

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CASE REPORT; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0031785916     PISSN: 01069543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0676.1998.tb00167.x     Document Type: Article

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