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