Response to symptom-limited exercise in patients with the hepatopulmonary syndrome

Chest

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 736-741

  Epstein, Scott K ^a,b   Zilberberg, Marya D ^a   Jacoby, Cindy ^a   Ciubotaru, Ronald L ^a   Kaplan, Linda M ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Exercise testing; Gas exchange; Hepatopulmonary syndrome; Pulmonary vascular disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GAS EXCHANGE; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMAN; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031691660     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.114.3.736     Document Type: Article

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