Abstract | OBJECTIVE: To review current knowledge about the hepatopulmonary syndrome, including definition and clinical features, methods for diagnosing it, pathophysiologic mechanisms of the associated vascular dilatations, and considerations in treatment, with emphasis on potential reversibility of the syndrome after liver transplantation. DATA SOURCES: The MEDLINE database from January 1986 to December 1993 and bibliographies of selected articles. STUDY SELECTION: DATA EXTRACTION: Outcomes, including survival and the frequency of reversibility of the hepatopulmonary syndrome, were extracted from available clinical reports. DATA SYNTHESIS: CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | P A Lange, J K Stoller |
Journal | Annals of internal medicine
(Ann Intern Med)
Vol. 122
Issue 7
Pg. 521-9
(Apr 01 1995)
ISSN: 0003-4819 [Print] United States |
PMID | 7872588
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)
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Topics |
- Dilatation, Pathologic
- Humans
- Hypoxia
(etiology)
- Liver Diseases
(complications, diagnosis, physiopathology, therapy)
- Liver Transplantation
- Lung
(blood supply)
- Lung Diseases
(complications, diagnosis, physiopathology, therapy)
- Syndrome
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