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

Khan, Ali Nawaz ; Al-Jahdali, Hamdan ; Abdullah, Khalid ; Irion, Klaus L ; Sabih, Quratulain ; Gouda, Alaa

Annals of thoracic medicine, 2011-04, Vol.6 (2), p.57-65 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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Pulmonary vascular complications of chronic liver disease: Pathophysiology, imaging, and treatment
Author: Khan, Ali Nawaz ; Al-Jahdali, Hamdan ; Abdullah, Khalid ; Irion, Klaus L ; Sabih, Quratulain ; Gouda, Alaa
Subjects: Care and treatment ; Complications and side effects ; Diagnosis ; Hepatopulmonary syndrome ; Hypertension ; Liver cirrhosis ; Liver diseases ; Mortality ; Oxygen therapy ; Pathogenesis ; portopulmonary hypertension ; Prognosis ; pulmonary arteriovenous shunts ; Review ; Risk factors ; Studies ; Veins & arteries ; Ventilation ; Yttrium-90 microsphere embolization hepatocellular carcinoma
Is Part Of: Annals of thoracic medicine, 2011-04, Vol.6 (2), p.57-65
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Description: 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 imaging in pulmonary vascular complications associated with liver disease.
Publisher: India: Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd
Language: English

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