Role of Doppler echocardiography in the assessment of portopulmonary hypertension in liver transplantation candidates

Transplantation

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 572-574

  Torregrosa, Mireia ^a,b,c,d   Genesca, Joan ^a,b,c,d   Gonzalez, Antonio ^a,b,c,d   Evangelista, Arturo ^a,b,c,d   Mora, Angels ^a,b,c,d   Margarit, Carlos ^a,b,c,d   Esteban, Rafael ^a,b,c,d   Guardia, Jaime ^a,b,c,d  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b Liver Unit   (Spain)

^c Department of Cardiology ^*  (Spain)

^d Liver Transplant Unit   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SWAN GANZ CATHETER;

EID: 0035956866     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200102270-00015     Document Type: Article

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