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...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Chest 1993-10, Vol.104 (4), p.1280-1281
Hauptverfasser:	Rafla, Samir M., Sourour, Salah
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Biological and medical sciences Diseases caused by trematodes Echocardiography - methods Female Helminthic diseases Humans Indocyanine Green Infectious diseases Male Medical sciences Parasitic diseases Pulmonary Artery - diagnostic imaging Pulmonary Circulation - physiology Pulmonary Heart Disease - diagnostic imaging Pulmonary Heart Disease - parasitology Pulmonary Veins - diagnostic imaging Schistosomiases Schistosomiasis haematobia - complications
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Zusammenfassung:	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.
ISSN:	0012-3692 1931-3543
DOI:	10.1378/chest.104.4.1280