Characteristics and prevalence of intrapulmonary shunt detected by contrast echocardiography with harmonic imaging in liver transplant candidates

Byung Jin Kim; Sang-Chol Lee; Seung Woo Park; Moon-Suk Choi; Kwang Cheol Koh; Seung Woon Paik; Sang Hoon Lee; Kyung Pyo Hong; Jeong Euy Park; Jung Don Seo

doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.04.074

Characteristics and prevalence of intrapulmonary shunt detected by contrast echocardiography with harmonic imaging in liver transplant candidates

Am J Cardiol. 2004 Aug 15;94(4):525-8. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.04.074.

Authors

Byung Jin Kim¹, Sang-Chol Lee, Seung Woo Park, Moon-Suk Choi, Kwang Cheol Koh, Seung Woon Paik, Sang Hoon Lee, Kyung Pyo Hong, Jeong Euy Park, Jung Don Seo

Affiliation

¹ 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.

PMID: 15325947
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.04.074

Abstract

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.

MeSH terms

Aged
Blood Flow Velocity / physiology*
Blood Gas Monitoring, Transcutaneous / statistics & numerical data
Contrast Media
Echocardiography*
Female
Heart Atria / diagnostic imaging*
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Image Enhancement*
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted*
Liver Failure / diagnostic imaging*
Liver Failure / etiology
Liver Failure / surgery
Liver Transplantation*
Lung Volume Measurements
Male
Mathematical Computing
Microbubbles
Middle Aged
Pulmonary Veins / diagnostic imaging*
Reference Values
Sodium Chloride

Substances

Contrast Media
Sodium Chloride