Review: Portopulmonary hypertension: challenges in diagnosis and management
Portopulmonary hypertension is defined as the combination of pulmonary arterial hypertension with portal hypertension and presents management complications in patients awaiting liver transplantation. The combination of these vascular disorders has a marked impact on mortality. At present the recomme...
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| author | Patrick J. Troy Aaron B. Waxman |
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| description | Portopulmonary hypertension is defined as the combination of pulmonary arterial hypertension with portal hypertension and presents management complications in patients awaiting liver transplantation. The combination of these vascular disorders has a marked impact on mortality. At present the recommendations for management are limited because of the paucity of definitive clinical trials. We have reviewed the available data on prevalence, diagnosis and treatment. It is clearly time to more formally approach the study of this patient population. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c170730b423c4d12b7875113eca2ccf62022-12-21T20:14:39ZengSAGE PublishingTherapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology1756-283X2009-09-01210.1177/1756283X09338431Review: Portopulmonary hypertension: challenges in diagnosis and managementPatrick J. TroyAaron B. WaxmanPortopulmonary hypertension is defined as the combination of pulmonary arterial hypertension with portal hypertension and presents management complications in patients awaiting liver transplantation. The combination of these vascular disorders has a marked impact on mortality. At present the recommendations for management are limited because of the paucity of definitive clinical trials. We have reviewed the available data on prevalence, diagnosis and treatment. It is clearly time to more formally approach the study of this patient population.https://doi.org/10.1177/1756283X09338431 |
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| title | Review: Portopulmonary hypertension: challenges in diagnosis and management |
| title_full | Review: Portopulmonary hypertension: challenges in diagnosis and management |
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| title_short | Review: Portopulmonary hypertension: challenges in diagnosis and management |
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