Portopulmonary hypertension: New clinical insights and more questions on pathogenesis

Hepatology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 253-255

  Fallon, Michael B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSEL TONE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG CAPILLARY; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTOPULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0037308099     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.2003.50090     Document Type: Editorial

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