Prevalence and prognosis of intrapulmonary shunts in patients with hepatic cirrhosis

Cardiology in Review

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 53-54

  Langiulli, Michael ^a   Aronow, Wilbert S ^a   Das, Manisha ^a   Salomon, Pierre ^a   McClung, John A ^a   Kim Schluger, Leona ^a   Wolf, David C ^a   Belkin, Robert N ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatic cirrhosis; Intrapulmonary shunts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS;

ARTERIOVENOUS ANASTOMOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 33744979540     PISSN: 10615377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.crd.0000173188.52195.7a     Document Type: Article

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