Improvement of pulmonary hypertension after liver transplantation

Chest

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1748-1749

  Schott, Roland ^a   Chaouat, Ari ^a,b   Launoy, Anne ^a   Pottecher, Thierry ^a   Weitzenblum, Emmanuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^b HÔPITAL DE HAUTEPIERRE   (France)

Author keywords

Liver transplantation; Portal hypertension; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; HEART INDEX; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

EID: 0032990972     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.115.6.1748     Document Type: Article

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