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. 2012 Jan 2;1(3):212. doi: 10.1016/S0973-6883(11)60241-7
Recent Onset Dyspnea in a Patient with Cirrhosis of Liver
Manraj S Anand
*, Ajay Bahl
**, Vijay Bodh
*, Radha K Dhiman
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Manraj S Anand
*Department of Hepatology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh - 160012, India
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Ajay Bahl
**Department of Cardiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh - 160012, India
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Vijay Bodh
*Department of Hepatology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh - 160012, India
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Radha K Dhiman
*Department of Hepatology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh - 160012, India
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*Department of Hepatology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh - 160012, India
**Department of Cardiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh - 160012, India
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Address for correspondence: Radha K Dhiman, Professor, Department of Hepatology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh - 160012, India rkpsdhiman@hotmail.com
Received 2011 Dec 8; Accepted 2011 Dec 13; Issue date 2011 Dec.
Keywords: Cirrhosis, clubbing, echocardiography, hepatopulmonary syndrome, hypoxemia, portal hypertension
Abbreviations: CEE, contrast-enhanced transthoracic echocardiography; HPS, hepatopulmonary syndrome; 99mTcMAA, 99mTechnetium-labeled macroaggregated albumin
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