Pulmonary hypertension after liver transplantation in patients with antecedent hepatopulmonary syndrome: A report of 2 cases and review of the literature

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1278-1282

  Aucejo, Federico ^a   Miller, Charles ^a   Vogt, David ^a   Eghtesad, Bijan ^a   Nakagawa, Shunichi ^a   Stoller, James K ^a  

^a CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; COR PULMONALE; DEATH; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEMIPARESIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LAPAROTOMY; LEG EDEMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PATHOGENESIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SEIZURE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 33746876390     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20830     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Rodriguez-Roisin R, Krowka MJ, Herve Ph, Fallon MB, on behalf of the ERS Force Pulmonary-Hepatic Vascular Disorders (PHD) Scientific Committee. Pulmonary-hepatic vascular disorders (PHD). Eur Respir J 2004;24:861-880.
2. Herve P, Lebrec D, Brenot F, Simmoneau G, Humbert M, Sitbon O, et al. Pulmonary vascular disorders in portal hypertension. Eur Respir J 1998;11:1153-1166.
3. Lange P, Stoller JK. The hepatopulmonary syndrome. Ann Intern Med 1995;122:521-529.
4. Krowka MJ, Mandell MS, Ramsay MAE, Kawut SM, Fallon MB, Manzarbeitia C, et al. Hepatopulmonary syndrome and portopulmonary hypertension: A report of the multi-center liver transplant database. Liver Transpl 2004; 10: 174-182.
5. Shah T, Isaac J, Adams D, Kelly D. Development of hepatopulmonary syndrome and portopulmonary hypertension in a paediatric liver transplant recipient. Pediatr Transpl 2005;9:127-131.
6. Martinez-Palli G, Barbera JA, Taura P, Cirera I, Visa J, Rodriguez-Roisin R. Severe portopulmonary hypertension after liver transplantation in a patient with pre-existing hepatopulmonary syndrome. J Hepatol 1999;31:1075-1079.
7. Jones FD, Kuo PC, Johnson LB, Njoku MJ, Dixon-Ferguson MK, Plotkin JS. The coexistence of portopulmonary hypertension and hepatopulmonary syndrome. Anesthesiology 1999;90:626-629.
8. Mal H, Burgiere O, Durand F, Fartoukh M, Cohen-Solal A, Fournier M. Pulmonary hypertension following hepatopulmonary syndrome in a patient with cirrhosis. J Hepatol 1999;31:360-364.
9. Kaspar MD, Ramsay MAE, Shuey CB, Levy MF, Klintmalm GGB. Severe pulmonary hypertension and amelioration of hepatopulmonary syndrome after liver transplantation. Liver Transpl Surg 1998;4:177-179.
10. Tasaka S, Kanazawa M, Nakamura H, Matsumoto M, Mori M, Yamaguchi K, et al. An autopsied case of primary pulmonary hypertension complicated by hepatopulmonary syndrome. Nippon Kyobu Shikkan Gakkai Zasshi 1995; 33:90-94.
11. Trembath RC, Thomson JR, Machado RD, Morgan NV, Atkinson C, Winship I, et al. Clinical and molecular genetic features of pulmonary hypertension in patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. N Engl J Med 2001:345:325-334.
12. Deng Z, Morse JH, Slager SL. Familial primary pulmonary hypertension genes (gene PPH1) is caused by mutations in the bone morphogenetic protein-II gene. Am J Hum Genet 2000;67:737-744.
13. Morse JH, Deng Z, Knowles JA. Genetic aspects of pulmonary arterial hypertension. Ann Med 2001;33:596-603.
14. Harrison RE, Flanagan JA, Sankelo M, Abdalla SA, Rowell J, Machado RD, et al. Molecular and functional analysis identifies ALK-1 as the predominant cause of pulmonary hypertension related to hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. J Med Genet 2003;40:865-871.