Pulmonary vascular complications of chronic liver disease: Pathophysiology, imaging, and treatment

Pulmonary vascular complications of chronic liver disease: Pathophysiology, imaging, and treatment

To review the pathogenesis of pulmonary vascular complications of liver disease, we discuss their clinical implications, and therapeutic considerations, with emphasis on potential reversibility of the hepatopulmonary syndrome after liver transplantation. In this review, we also discuss the role of i...

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Main Authors: Khan Ali, Al-Jahdali Hamdan, Abdullah Khalid, Irion Klaus, Sabih Quratulain, Gouda Alaa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2011-01-01
Series:Annals of Thoracic Medicine
Subjects:
Hepatopulmonary syndrome
portopulmonary hypertension
pulmonary arteriovenous shunts
Yttrium-90 microsphere embolization hepatocellular carcinoma
Online Access:http://www.thoracicmedicine.org/article.asp?issn=1817-1737;year=2011;volume=6;issue=2;spage=57;epage=65;aulast=Khan

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