Successful treatment of severe hepatopulmonary syndrome with a sequential use of TIPS placement and liver transplantation

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-74

  Benítez, Carlos ^a   Arrese, Marco ^a   Jorquera, Jorge ^a   Godoy, Iván ^a   Contreras, Andrea ^a   Loyola, Soledad ^a   Domínguez, P Pilar ^a   Jarufe, Nicolás ^a   Martínez, Jorge ^a   Pérez Ayuso, Rosa Maria ^a,b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Liver transplantation; Respiratory failure

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; FEMALE; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS OXYGEN TENSION; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG FUNCTION; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PULMONARY SHUNT; REMISSION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SODIUM RESTRICTION; SPIROMETRY; TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC PORTOSYSTEMIC SHUNT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 62749159834     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31816-2     Document Type: Article

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