Patent foramen ovale or pulmonary arteriovenous malformation: An appeal for diagnostic accuracy

Chest

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-6

  Frazin, Leon J ^a,b,c,d  

^a Jesse Brown VA Hospital ^*

^b VA Jesse Brown Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 34447519302     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.07-0577     Document Type: Article

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