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Oesophageal Variceal-Pulmonary Venous Fistula A Rare Cause of a Right-to-Left Shunt

Oesophageal varices are a dilated submucosal venous plexus in the lower third of the oesophagus which result from increased pressure in the portal venous system. The portal system is connected to the systemic circulation in specific locations referred to as sites of portosystemic anastomosis. An inc...

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Autores principales: Swaminathan, Neeraja, Chaudhary, Siddique
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SMC Media Srl 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7162567/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32309256
http://dx.doi.org/10.12890/2020_001482