Echocardiography for the detection of portopulmonary hypertension in liver transplant candidates: An analysis of cutoff values

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 602-610

  Raevens, Sarah ^a   Colle, Isabelle ^a   Reyntjens, Koen ^a,b   Geerts, Anja ^a   Berrevoet, Frederik ^a   Rogiers, Xavier ^a   Troisi, Roberto I ^a   Van Vlierberghe, Hans ^a   De Pauw, Michel ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTOPULMONARY HYPERTENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; AGED; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; COMPLICATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; LIVER FAILURE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY ARTERY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878271859     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.23649     Document Type: Article

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