Hypoxia due to intrapulmonary vascular dilatation in a toddler with a congenital portacaval shunt: case report

BACKGROUND: The term hepatopulmonary syndrome typically applies to cyanosis that results from “intrapulmonary vascular dilatation” due to advanced liver disease. Similar findings may result from a congenital portosystemic shunt without liver disease. An adverse consequence of such shunts is intrapul...

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Autores principales: Alsamri, Mohammed T., Hamdan, Mohamed A., Sulaiman, Mohamed, Narchi, Hassib, Souid, Abdul-Kader
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6387555/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30795758
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-019-0788-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6387555/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30795758
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-019-0788-8

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