A 33-year-old woman treated for carcinoid tumor developed severe hypoxaemia. This hypoxaemia may have been related to an extracardiac right-to-left shunt. The pathogenic role of vasoactive agents is discussed and comparisons made with cirrhosis-associated hypoxaemia.
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Abdominal Angina in Patients with a Midgut Carcinoid, a Sign of Severe Pathology
✍ Scribed by Harry Vries; Rob T. M. Wijffels; Pax H. B. Willemse; René C. J. Verschueren; Ido P. Kema; Arend Karrenbeld; Ted R. Prins; Elisabeth G. E. Vries
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- Springer
- Year
- 2005
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- English
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- 143 KB
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- 29
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- Article
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- 0364-2313
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