Contrast Echocardiography in the Diagnosis of Intrapulmonary Vascular Dilations in Patients Eligible for Liver Transplantation;A Ecocardiografia com Contraste no Diagnóstico de Dilatações Vasculares Intrapulmonares em Candidatos ao Transplante Hepático

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 327-336

  Pavarino, Paulo Roberto ^a,b,c   Do Reis Corbucci, Hélio Augusto ^a,b   De Marchi, Carlos Henrique ^a,b   Da Mata, Paula Fernanda ^a,b   De Godoy, Moacir Fernandes ^a,b  

^a Faculdade de Medicina ^*

^b HOSPITAL DE BASE   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Contraste chocardiography; Hepatic transplantation; Intrapulmonary vascular dilations

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAPULMONARY VASCULAR DILATION; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY DISEASE; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 2442486780     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0066-782x2004000400004     Document Type: Article

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