Screening for pulmonary arteriovenous malformations using transthoracic contrast echocardiography: A prospective study

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-91

  Van Gent, M W F ^a   Post, M C ^a   Luermans, J G L M ^a   Snijder, R J ^a   Westermann, C J J ^a   Plokker, H W M ^a   Overtoom, T T ^a   Mager, J J ^a  

^a ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Contrast echocardiography; Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia; Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; SCREENING TEST; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VEINS; TELANGIECTASIA, HEREDITARY HEMORRHAGIC;

EID: 58849092281     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00049008     Document Type: Article

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