Open AccessEffects of terlipressin on systolic pulmonary artery pressure of patients with liver cirrhosis: An echocardiographic assessment
Author(s) -
Engin Altıntaş,
Necdet Akkuş,
Ramazan Gen,
Mehmet Rami Helvacı,
Orhan Sezgın,
Dilek Oğuz
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v10.i15.2278
Subject(s) - terlipressin , medicine , portopulmonary hypertension , pulmonary artery , cirrhosis , cardiology , blood pressure , artery , pulmonary hypertension , portal hypertension , hepatorenal syndrome
Portopulmonary hypertension is a serious complication of chronic liver disease. Our aim was to search into the effect of terlipressin on systolic pulmonary artery pressure among cirrhotic patients.