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Contrast echocardiography for pulmonary arteriovenous malformations screening: does any bubble matter?
European journal of echocardiography : the journal of the Working Group on Echocardiography of the European Society of Cardiology - 1 Jun 2009
Gazzaniga P, Buscarini E, Leandro G, Reduzzi L, Grosso M, Pongiglione G, Pedrinazzi C, Lanzarini L, Portugalli V, Blotta P, Forner P, Boccardi E, Pagella F, Manfredi G, Olivieri C, Zambelli A, Danesino C, Inama G
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: To evaluate diagnostic accuracy of contrast echocardiography (CE) as compared with CT, for the screening of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs) in hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT); to evaluate the clinical significance of semi-quantitative analysis of a shunt on CE. METHODS AND RESULTS: A blinded prospective study was conducted in 190 consecutive subjects at risk of HHT who underwent...
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