Characteristics and prevalence of intrapulmonary shunt detected by contrast echocardiography with harmonic imaging in liver transplant candidates.
We investigated the prevalence and characteristics of intrapulmonary shunt using contrast echocardiography with harmonic imaging in 130 liver transplant candidates. We found a high prevalence of intrapulmonary shunts and a significant correlation between the degree of intrapulmonary shunt and the Child-Pugh classification score.
Department of Medicine, Cardiac and Vascular Center; Cardiac Center, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Ilwon-Dong 50, Kangnam-Ku, Seoul 135-710, Korea.
Byung Jin
BJ
Kim
Sang-Chol
SC
Lee
Seung Woo
SW
Park
Moon-Suk
MS
Choi
Kwang Cheol
KC
Koh
Seung Woon
SW
Paik
Sang Hoon
SH
Lee
Kyung Pyo
KP
Hong
Jeong Euy
JE
Park
Jung Don
JD
Seo
D000368:Aged; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000502:physiology*; D001785:Blood Gas Monitoring, Transcutaneous / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003287:Contrast Media; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D020065:Hepatopulmonary Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D017093:Liver Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008176:Lung Volume Measurements; D008297:Male; D008432:Mathematical Computing; D045423:Microbubbles; D008875:Middle Aged; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012016:Reference Values; D012965:Sodium Chloride
D003287:Contrast Media; D012965:Sodium Chloride