Pulmonary shunts in severe hepatosplenic schistosomiasis: Diagnosis by contrast echocardiography and their relationship with abdominal ultrasound findings.
Liana Gonçalves-MacedoAna Lucia Coutinho DominguesEdmundo Pessoa LopesCarlos Feitosa LunaVitor Gomes MotaMônica Moraes de Chaves BeckerBrivaldo Markman-FilhoPublished in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2017)
Our findings suggest that in HSS with esophageal varices the pulmonary shunts may be present in higher grades and that in this condition it was associated with ultrasound findings compatible with advanced HSS.