Hepatopulmonary syndrome - Past to present

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 135-142

  Varghese, Joye ^a   Ilias Basha, Haseeb ^a   Dhanasekaran, Ravishanker ^a   Singh, Shivakumar ^a   Venkataraman, Jayanthi ^a  

^a STANLEY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Hepatopulmonary syndrome; Hypoxia in cirrhosis; Intra pulmonary vasodilation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALGINIC ACID; ALMITRINE; CYTOKINE; INDOCYANINE GREEN; INDOMETACIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MACROSALB TC 99M; METHYLENE BLUE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NORFLOXACIN; PENTOXIFYLLINE; SOMATOSTATIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR;

ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DILATATION; ASTHMA; BODY POSITION; BREATHING DISORDER; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUBBING FINGERS; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; GARLIC; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS OXYGEN TENSION; LUNG ARTERY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MORTALITY; NEVUS; OXYGEN THERAPY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PLATYPNEA; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; SHORT SURVEY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; LIVER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

ANOXEMIA; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 35848952753     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31918-0     Document Type: Short Survey

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