Pulmonary complications of cirrhosis

Current Gastroenterology Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 34-39

  Kochar, Rajan ^a   Nevah Rubin, Moises I ^a   Fallon, Michael B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast echocardiography; Hepatopulmonary syndrome; Intrapulmonary shunting; Intrapulmonary vasodilation; Liver transplantation; Portopulmonary hypertension; Pulmonary hypertension; Pulmonary vascular complications of liver disease

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CARBON MONOXIDE; DIURETIC AGENT; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GARLIC EXTRACT; HEME OXYGENASE 1; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NORFLOXACIN; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; PROSTACYCLIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DYSPNEA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERVOLEMIA; HYPOXEMIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG COMPLICATION; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; MEDICAL HISTORY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PORTOPULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC PORTOSYSTEMIC SHUNT; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79551526113     PISSN: 15228037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11894-010-0164-6     Document Type: Article

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