Prevalence and quantification of intrapulmonary vascular dilatations in liver transplantation candidates by transthoracic contrast-enhanced echocardiography

M. A. P. Ferreira, S. S. S. Menna-Barreto, M. M. Knorst, A. F. Pinotti (Porto Alegre, Brazil)

Source: Annual Congress 2001 - Gas exchange and pulmonary circulation (miscellanea)
Session: Gas exchange and pulmonary circulation (miscellanea)
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 1716
Disease area: Pulmonary vascular diseases

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