The 'cardiac-lung mass' artifact: an echocardiographic sign of lung atelectasis and/or pleural effusion

INTRODUCTION: We conducted an ultrasound study to investigate echocardiographic artifacts in mechanically ventilated patients with lung pathology. METHODS: A total of 205 mechanically ventilated patients who exhibited lung atelectasis and/or pleural effusion were included in this 36-month study. The...

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Autores principales: Karabinis, Andreas, Saranteas, Theodosios, Karakitsos, Dimitrios, Lichtenstein, Daniel, Poularas, John, Yang, Clifford, Stefanadis, Christodoulos
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2592755/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18826590
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc7021

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2592755/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18826590
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc7021

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