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Pulmonary Hypertension as a Rare Complication After Orthotopic Liver Transplant in a Patient With Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) Cirrhosis Complicated by Hepatopulmonary Syndrome

Hepatopulmonary syndrome is a phenomenon that results in an intrapulmonary shunt leading to dyspnea and hypoxemia with poor response to oxygen supplementation. It is now an indication for liver transplantation; however, some transplants result in subsequent pulmonary hypertension. Postulated mechani...

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Autores principales: Dadlani, Apaar, Eiswerth, Michael, Bosch, Armando, Sharpe, Tyler
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9166458/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35676995
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.24740