Open AccessPulmonary vascular complications of chronic liver disease: Pathophysiology, imaging, and treatment
Author(s) -
Ali Khan,
Hamdan Al-Jahdali,
Khalid Abdullah,
Klaus Irion,
Quratulain Sabih,
Alaa Gouda
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
annals of thoracic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.639
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1817-1737
pISSN - 1998-3557
DOI - 10.4103/1817-1737.78412
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatopulmonary syndrome , liver transplantation , pathophysiology , pathogenesis , chronic liver disease , liver disease , intensive care medicine , disease , pulmonary disease , vascular disease , pulmonary vasculature , pathology , transplantation , cardiology , pulmonary hypertension , cirrhosis
To review the pathogenesis of pulmonary vascular complications of liver disease, we discuss their clinical implications, and therapeutic considerations, with emphasis on potential reversibility of the hepatopulmonary syndrome after liver transplantation. In this review, we also discuss the role of imaging in pulmonary vascular complications associated with liver disease.