Detection of intrapulmonary shunts in schistosomal cor pulmonale.
Two patients with schistosomal cor pulmonale and central cyanosis were studied by contrast-enhanced echocardiography, using indocyanine green injection. Intrapulmonary shunts were detected by this method. To our knowledge, this is the first report that proves the presence of intrapulmonary shunts in schistosomal cor pulmonale detected by contrast-enhanced echocardiography.
Rafla
S M
SM
Department of Medicine, Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt.
Sourour
S
S
D000328:Adult; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007208:Indocyanine Green; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation / Q000502:physiology*; D011660:Pulmonary Heart Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology*; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012553:Schistosomiasis haematobia / Q000150:complications*
D007208:Indocyanine Green