Screening for pulmonary arteriovenous malformations: Contrast echocardiography versus pulse oximetry

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 281-285

  Oxhøj, Henrik ^a   Kjeldsen, Anette D ^a   Nielsen, Gunner ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia; Oxygen saturation; Shunt; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; POLYGELINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VEIN; RENDU OSLER WEBER DISEASE; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; POLYGELINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VEINS; RISK FACTORS; TELANGIECTASIA, HEREDITARY HEMORRHAGIC;

EID: 0034207787     PISSN: 14017431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713783118     Document Type: Article

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