Liana G. Macêdo

Comparison of Doppler Echocardiographic Findings in Patients with Chronic Liver Disease with and without Intrapulmonary Shunt

Vítor G. Mota, Brivaldo Markman-Filho, Liana G. Macêdo, Mônica M. de C. Becker, Edmundo P. de A. Lopes & Ana Lúcia C. Domingues · Cardiology and Angiology: An International Journal · 2015

Aims: Doppler echocardiography is the gold standard for the diagnosis of intrapulmonary shunt (IPS) and screening for portopulmonary hypertension in chronic liver disease (CLD). Echocardiography has become fundamental to the diagnosis of cirrhotic cardiomyopathy in the last decad...