Pulmonary hypertension after liver transplantation: Case presentation and review of the literature

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 407-412

  Koch, David G ^a   Caplan, Michael ^a   Reuben, Adrian ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; PROSTACYCLIN; SILDENAFIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERVOLEMIA; HYPOTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG EMBOLISM; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FATALITY; HEART FAILURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLANGITIS, SCLEROSING; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649238012     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21713     Document Type: Article

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