Diagnostic Challenge of Hepatopulmonary Syndrome in a Patient with Coexisting Structural Heart Disease

Hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) is a severe complication seen in advance liver disease. Its prevalence among cirrhotic patients varies from 4–47 percent. HPS exact pathogenesis remains unknown. Patient presents with signs/symptoms of chronic liver disease, and dypsnea of variable severity. Our patien...

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Autores principales: Hurtado-Cordovi, Jorge M., Lipka, Seth, Singh, Jaspreet, Shahzad, Ghulamullah, Mustacchia, Paul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4412210/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25954542
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/386709

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4412210/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25954542
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/386709

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