Hepatopulmonary syndrome--a liver-induced lung vascular disorder

N Engl J Med. 2008 May 29;358(22):2378-87. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra0707185.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Capillaries / pathology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Dilatation, Pathologic
  • Dyspnea / etiology
  • Echocardiography
  • Hepatopulmonary Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Hepatopulmonary Syndrome / etiology
  • Hepatopulmonary Syndrome / physiopathology
  • Hepatopulmonary Syndrome / surgery
  • Humans
  • Hypoxia / etiology
  • Liver Diseases / complications
  • Liver Transplantation
  • Lung / blood supply
  • Oxygen / blood*

Substances

  • Oxygen