Poor outcome following aborted orthotopic liver transplantation due to severe porto-pulmonary hypertension

Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 505-508

  Fukazawa, Kyota ^a,b   Pretto Jr , Ernesto A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Liver transplantation; Outcome; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PORTOPULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; INCIDENCE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952109128     PISSN: 18686974     EISSN: 18686982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00534-009-0255-7     Document Type: Article

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