Diagnosis of hepatopulmonary syndrome with contrast transesophageal echocardiography: Advantages over contrast transthoracic echocardiography

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1243-1248

  Aller, R ^a   Moya, J L ^a   Moreira, V ^a   Boixeda, D ^a   Cano, A ^a   Picher, J ^a   Garcia Rull, S ^a   De Luis, D A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Contrast transesophageal echocardiography; Pulmonary vasodilatation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GAS EXCHANGE; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VASODILATATION;

AGED; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VASODILATION;

EID: 0032991705     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026657114256     Document Type: Article

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