Pulmonary hypertension as a result of asymptomatic portosystemic shunt

Japanese Circulation Journal

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 471-473

  Imamura, Hiroshi ^a   Momose, Tomoyasu ^a   Kitabayashi, Hiroshi ^a   Takahashi, Wataru ^a   Yazaki, Yoshikazu ^a   Takenaka, Hiroaki ^a   Isobe, Mitsuaki ^a,b   Sekiguchi, Morie ^a   Kubo, Keishi ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Liver disease; Portosystemic shunt; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; NOTE; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LIVER DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0034087806     PISSN: 00471828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.64.471     Document Type: Note

References (26)

1. Rich S, Dantzker DR, Ayres SM, Bergofsky EH, Brundage BH, Detre KM, et al: Primary pulmonary hypertension: a national prospective study. Ann Intern Med 1987; 107: 216-223
2. Rubin LJ, Barst RJ, Kaiser LR, Koerner SK, Loyd JE, McGoon MD, et al: Primary pulmonary hypertension. Chest 1993; 104: 236-250
3. Segel N, Kay JM, Bayley TJ, Paton A: Pulmonary hypertension with hepatic cirrhosis. Br Heart J 1968; 30: 575-578
4. Rosenberg LS, Silverman A, Strain JE: Primary pulmonary hypertension presenting as portal hypertension. Am J Gastroenterol 1979; 71: 427-431
5. Kibria G, Smith P, Heath D, Sagar S: Observations on the rare association between portal and pulmonary hypertension. Thorax 1980; 35: 945-949
6. Cohen MD, Rubin LJ, Taylor WE, Cuthbert JA: Primary pulmonary hypertension: an unusual case associated with extrahepatic portal hypertension. Hepatology 1983; 3: 588-592
7. Lockhart A: Pulmonary arterial hypertension in portal hypertension. Clin Gastroenterol 1985; 14: 123-138
8. Edwards BS, Weir EK, Edwards WD, Ludwig J, Dykoski RK, Edwards JE: Coexistent pulmonary and portal hypertension: morphologic and clinical features. J Am Coll Cardiol 1987; 10: 1233-1238
9. Robalino BD, Moodie DS: Association between primary pulmonary hypertension and portal hypertension: analysis of its pathophysiology and clinical, laboratory and hemodynamic manifestations. J Am Coll Cardiol 1991; 17: 492-498
10. Castro M, Krowka MJ: Hepatopulmonary syndrome: A pulmonary vascular complication of liver disease. Clin Chest Med 1996; 17: 35-48
11. Mandell MS, Groves BM: Pulmonary hypertension in chronic liver disease. Clin Chest Med 1996; 17: 17-33
12. Kuo PC, Plotkin JS, Johnson LB, Howell CD, Laurin JM, Bartlett ST, et al: Distinctive clinical features of portopulmonary hypertension. Chest 1997; 112: 980-986
13. Lebrec D, Capron JP, Dhumeaux D, Benhamou JP: Pulmonary hypertension complicating portal hypertension. Am Rev Respir Dis 1979; 120: 849-856
14. McDonnell PJ, Toye PA, Hutchins GM: Primary pulmonary hypertension and cirrhosis: are they related? Am Rev Respir Dis 1983; 127: 437-441
15. Senior RM, Britton RC, Turino GM, Wood JA, Langer GA, Fishman AP: Pulmonary hypertension associated with cirrhosis of the liver and with portocaval shunts. Circulation 1968; 37: 88-96
16. Yutani C, Imakita M, Ishibashi UH, Okubo S, Naito M, Kunieda T: Nodular regenerative hyperplasia of the liver associated with primary pulmonary hypertension. Hum Pathol 1988; 19: 726-731
17. Flemale A, Sabot JP, Popijn M, Procureur M, Urbain G, Dierckx JP, et al: Pulmonary hypertension associated with portal thrombosis. Eur J Respir Dis 1985; 66: 224-228
18. Boot H, Visser FC, Thijs JC, Meuwissen SG: Pulmonary hypertension complicating portal hypertension: A case report with suggestions for a different therapeutic approach. Eur Heart J 1987; 8: 656-660
19. Goenka MK, Mehta SK, Malik AK, Kumar YR, Kochhar R: Fatal pulmonary arterial hypertension complicating noncirrhotic portal fibrosis. Am J Gastroenterol 1992; 87: 1203-1205
20. Bemthal AC, Eybel CE, Payne JA: Primary pulmonary hypertension after portocaval shunt. J Clin Gastroenterol 1983; 5: 353-356
21. Tokiwa K, Iwai N, Nakamura K, Shiraishi I, Hayashi S, Onouchi Z: Pulmonary hypertension as a fatal complication of extrahepatic portal hypertension. Eur J Pediatr Surg 1993; 3: 373-375
22. Raskin NH, Price JB, Fishman RA: Portal-systemic encephalopathy due to congenital intrahepatic shunts. N Engl J Med 1964; 270: 225-229
23. Kudo M, Tomita S, Tochio H, Minowa K, Todo A: Intrahepatic portosystemic venous shunt: diagnosis by color Doppler imaging. Am J Gastroenterol 1993; 88: 723-729
24. Santamaria G, Pruna X, Serres X, Inaraja L, Zuasnabar A, Castellote A: Congenital intrahepatic portosystemic venous shunt: sonographic and magnetic resonance imaging. Eur Radiol 1996; 6: 76-78
25. Kakitsubata Y, Kakitsubata S, Kiyomizu H, Ogawa T, Kato K, Watanabe K: Intrahepatic portal-hepatic venous shunts demonstrated by US, CT, and MR imaging. Acta Radiol 1996; 37: 680-684
26. Yanai S, Minami T, Sonoda K, Gondo K, Tasaki K, Hijii T, et al: Patent ductus venosus associated with a hyperintense globus pallidum on T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging and pulmonary hypertension. Eur J Pediatr 1995; 154: 526-529