Intrapulmonary arteriovenous shunt: Diagnosis by saline contrast bubbles in the pulmonary veins

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1012-1014

  Gudavalli, Anuradha ^a   Kalaria, Vijay G ^a   Chen, Xucai ^a   Schwarz, Karl Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG CIRCULATION; MALE; PULMONARY VEIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036736672     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2002.121435     Document Type: Article

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