Prediction of intrapulmonary right to left shunt with left atrial size in patients with liver cirrhosis

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-4

  Zamirian, Mahmood ^a   Aslani, Amir ^a,b   Sharifkazemi, Mohamad Bagher ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Echocardiography; Left atrium; Shunt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART OUTPUT; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CARDIAC OUTPUT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE;

EID: 43449090988     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euje.2006.10.003     Document Type: Article

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