Lack of Lung Hemorrhage in Humans After Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography with Ultrasound Exposure Conditions Similar to Those Causing Lung Hemorrhage in Laboratory Animals

TY - JOUR

T1 - Lack of Lung Hemorrhage in Humans After Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography with Ultrasound Exposure Conditions Similar to Those Causing Lung Hemorrhage in Laboratory Animals

AU - Meltzer, Richard S.

AU - Adsumelli, Rishi

AU - Risher, William H.

AU - Hicks, George L.

AU - Stern, David H.

AU - Shah, Pratima M.

AU - Wojtczak, Jacek A.

AU - Lustik, Stewart J.

AU - Gayeski, Thomas E.

AU - Shapiro, Janine R.

AU - Carstensen, Edwin L.

N1 - This study investigated the phenomenon of ultrasonically induced lung hemorrhage in humans. Multiple experimental laboratories have shown that diagnostic ultrasound exposure can cause hemorrhage in the lungs of laboratory animals. The left lung of 50 patients (6 women, 44 men, mean age 61 years) was ...

PY - 1998/1/1

Y1 - 1998/1/1

UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9487470

U2 - 10.1016/S0894-7317(98)70120-8

DO - 10.1016/S0894-7317(98)70120-8

M3 - Article

VL - 11

JO - Journal of The American Society of Echocardiography

JF - Journal of The American Society of Echocardiography

IS - 1

ER -