Value of Contrast Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Detection of Intrapulmonary Vascular Dilatations in Hepatosplenic Schistosomiasis

BACKGROUND: Hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS), found in cirrhotic patients, has been little studied in hepatosplenic schistosomiasis (HSS) and includes the occurrence of intrapulmonary vascular dilatations (IPVD). Contrast transesophageal echocardiography (cTEE) with microbubbles is more sensitive than...

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Autores principales: de Gouvea, Aparecida, Fischer, Claudio Henrique, Arakaki, Jaquelina Sonoe Ota, Mancuso, Frederico José, Brant, Paulo, Moisés, Valdir Ambrósio, Campos Filho, Orlando
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia - SBC 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7020964/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31596323
http://dx.doi.org/10.5935/abc.20190200

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