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Sulfur Hexafluoride

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Definition: Sulfur hexafluoride. An inert gas used mainly as a test gas in respiratory physiology. Other uses include its injection in vitreoretinal surgery to restore the vitreous chamber and as a tracer in monitoring the dispersion and deposition of air pollutants.  an inert gas used in resp physiol studies    Other names Hexafluoride, Sulfur
 
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contrast agent BR1  0   *Phospholipids *Sulfur Hexafluoride. Echocardiography. 2000 Nov;17(8):705-11

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