Model for End-Stage Liver disease (MELD) exception for portopulmonary hypertension

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 12 SUPPL. 3, 2006, Pages

  Krowka, Michael J ^a   Fallon, Michael B ^b   Mulligan, David C ^c   Gish, Robert G ^d  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTACYCLIN;

ARTICLE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG CAPILLARY PRESSURE; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PATIENT SELECTION; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 33845508234     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20975     Document Type: Article

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