title: Transesophageal echocardiographic diagnosis of pulmonary arteriovenous malformation. Role of contrast and pulsed Doppler echocardiography.
abstract: Contrast echocardiography produced by peripheral injection of agitated saline solution is widely used for detecting intracardiac and intrathoracic extracardiac shunts, like pulmonary arteriovenous malformation (PAVM). Currently, localization of PAVM requires pulmonary angiography even after detection by computed tomography of the chest. Pulsed Doppler along with contrast echocardiography of the pulmonary veins performed during transesophageal echocardiography may aid in the localization of PAVM and in its diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Likoff Cardiovascular Institute, Department of Medicine, Hahnemann University, Philadelphia.
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Duch
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chandrasekaran
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Mulhern
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Ross
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: MacMillan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003287:Contrast Media; D004452:Echocardiography; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media