Hepatopulmonary syndrome

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 339-347

  Müller, Christian ^a   Schenk, Peter ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Hepatopulmonary syndrome; Hypoxemia; Liver cirrhosis; Pulmonary vasodilatation

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MORBIDITY; OXYGEN TENSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; REVIEW; VASODILATATION;

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG; OXYGEN; PROGNOSIS; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO;

EID: 17144471309     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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