Reversal of intrapulmonary arteriovenous shunting detected by two- dimensional contrast-enhanced echocardiography after liver transplantation

Transplantation

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 672-675

  Hasegawa, Toshimichi ^a   Kamiyama, Masafumi ^a   Azuma, Tatsuo ^a   Sasaki, Takashi ^a   Okada, Akira ^a   Miwatani, Takashi ^a   Matsushita, Toru ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034015516     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200002270-00035     Document Type: Article

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