Temporal Trends in Portopulmonary Hypertension Model for End-stage Liver Disease Exceptions and Outcomes

Background. Model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) exception criteria for portopulmonary hypertension (POPH) were created to prioritize patients for liver transplant before POPH progression. Little is known about trends in POPH exception frequency, disease severity, pulmonary hypertension treatmen...

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Main Authors: Kathryn T. del Valle, MD, Michael J. Krowka, MD, Julie K. Heimbach, MD, Timucin Taner, MD, PhD, Hilary M. DuBrock, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2022-12-01
Series:Transplantation Direct
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/transplantationdirect/fulltext/10.1097/TXD.0000000000001410