Characteristics and prevalence of intrapulmonary shunt detected by contrast echocardiography with harmonic imaging in liver transplant candidates

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 525-528

  Kim, Byung Jin ^a,c   Lee, Sang Chol ^a,c   Park, Seung Woo ^a   Choi, Moon Suk ^b   Koh, Kwang Cheol ^b   Paik, Seung Woon ^b   Lee, Sang Hoon ^a   Hong, Kyung Pyo ^a   Park, Jeong Euy ^a   Seo, Jung Don ^a  

^a Cardiac and Vascular Center   (South Korea)

^b Division of Gastroenterology   (United States)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL PATIENT;

AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD GAS MONITORING, TRANSCUTANEOUS; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MICROBUBBLES; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; REFERENCE VALUES; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 4344600691     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.04.074     Document Type: Article

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