Post-surgical shunt hepatopulmonary syndrome in a case of non-cirrhotic portal hypertension: Lack of efficacy of shunt reversal

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1425-1427

  Hannam, Paul D ^a   Sandokji, Abdul Kareem M ^a   Machan, Lindsay S ^a   Erb, Siegfried R ^a   Champion, Paul ^a   Buczkowski, Andrzej K ^b   Scudamore, Charles H ^b   Steinbrecher, Urs P ^a   Chung, Stephen W ^b   Weiss, Alan A ^a   Yoshida, Eric M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c British Columbia Transplant Society   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hepatopulmonary syndrome; Liver transplantation; Non cirrhotic portal hypertension; Reversal; Shunt; Surgical

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNTING;

EID: 0033405486     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-199912000-00015     Document Type: Article

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