Post-embolotherapy pulmonary arteriovenous malformation follow-up: a role for graded transthoracic contrast echocardiography prior to high-resolution chest CT.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2019.11.023
Abstract: BACKGROUND High-resolution chest CT (HRCT) is recommended after PAVM embolotherapy to assess for PAVM persistence and untreated PAVM growth. Graded transthoracic contrast echocardiography (TTCE) predicts need for embolotherapy in PAVM screening. This study sought to… read more here.
Keywords: embolotherapy; grade shunt; repeat embolotherapy; hrct ... See more keywords