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Liver transplantation for severe portopulmonary hypertension: A case report and literature review
Author(s) -
Xiaojie Chen,
ZhiJun Zhu,
LiYing Sun,
Wei Lin,
Zhili Zeng,
Ying Li,
Wei Qu,
Liang Zhang
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v7.i21.3569
Subject(s) - medicine , portopulmonary hypertension , contraindication , liver transplantation , pulmonary artery , liver disease , pulmonary wedge pressure , cirrhosis , pulmonary hypertension , blood pressure , portal hypertension , cardiology , surgery , transplantation , alternative medicine , pathology
Portopulmonary hypertension (PoPH) is not uncommon in patients waiting for liver transplantation (LT). Severe PoPH has a very high perioperative mortality rate and is still considered a contraindication for LT. Many patients with liver disease require but cannot receive LT due to severe PoPH and eventually died. We report a patient with severe PoPH who underwent successful LT and had near normal pulmonary pressure without drug treatment.

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