Interatrial right-to-left shunt after lung surgery: Diagnostic value of perfusion lung scanning

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 328, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 180-184

  Marini, Carlo ^a,b   Miniati, Massimo ^a   Pratali, Lorenza ^a   Tonelli, Lucia ^a   Carminati, Mario ^a   Formichi, Bruno ^a   Di Ricco, Giorgio ^a   Boldrini, Elisabetta ^a   Fiorotti, Giovanna ^a   Giampietro, Ottavio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Echocardiography, transesophageal; Heart septal defect; Radionuclide imaging

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG SURGERY; ORTHODEOXIA; PLATYPNEA; SITTING; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 4644282735     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-200409000-00010     Document Type: Article

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