Clinical features of hepatopulmonary syndrome in cirrhotic patients

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1954-1956

  Mohammed Alizadeh, Amir Houshang ^a   Fatemi, Seyed Reza ^a   Mirzaee, Vahid ^a   Khoshbaten, Manoochehr ^a   Talebipour, Bahman ^a   Sharifian, Afsaneh ^a   Khoram, Ziba ^a   Haj Sheikh Oleslami, Farhad ^a   Gholamreza Shirazi, Masoomeh ^a   Zali, Mohammed Reza ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Contrast enhanced echocardiography; Hepatopulmonary syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUBBING FINGERS; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HEPATITIS B; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; IRAN; JAUNDICE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OLIGURIA; OXYGEN TENSION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY ARTERY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 33645972257     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i12.1954     Document Type: Article

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