Contrast echocardiography grading predicts pulmonary arteriovenous malformations on CT

Chest

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 18-23

  Zukotynski, Katherine ^a   Chan, Raymond P ^a   Chow, Chi Ming ^a   Cohen, Justine H ^a   Faughnan, Marie E ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformations; Echocardiography; Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART CYCLE; HUMAN; LUNG MALFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; RENDU OSLER WEBER DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 34447513241     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.06-2356     Document Type: Article

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