The Role of TEE in Diagnosing Hepatopulmonary Syndrome and Cryptogenic Cirrhosis

In the vast majority of cases, ongoing hypoxemia in a cirrhotic patient is usually hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) until proven otherwise; in this case, HPS was suspected prior to any known diagnosis of cirrhosis. This is the first reported case in the literature whereby HPS and cirrhosis were diagno...

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Autores principales: Scott-Herridge, Joel, Bhagirath, Kapil, Janda, Surinder, Jassal, Davinder S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5021868/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27656299
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9029606
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Sumario:In the vast majority of cases, ongoing hypoxemia in a cirrhotic patient is usually hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) until proven otherwise; in this case, HPS was suspected prior to any known diagnosis of cirrhosis. This is the first reported case in the literature whereby HPS and cirrhosis were diagnosed after the fact, rather than with the preexisting knowledge of liver cirrhosis.

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