Hypoxemia and liver cirrhosis (Hepatopulmonary syndrome) in eight patients: Comparison of the central and peripheral pulmonary vasculature

Radiology

Volumn 211, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 549-553

  Lee, Ki Nam ^a   Lee, Ha Jong ^a   Shin, Woo Won ^a   Webb, W Richard ^b  

^a Dong A University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); Liver, diseases; Lung, CT; Pulmonary arteries, abnormalities; Pulmonary arteries, CT

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; MALE; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0033007996     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.211.2.r99ma46549     Document Type: Article

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