Portopulmonary hypertension
Annals of Thoracic Medicine. 2010; 5 (1): 5-9
Dans Anglais
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ABSTRACT
Portopulmonary hypertension [POPH] is a form of pulmonary arterial hypertension [PAH] associated with portal hypertension with or without underlying chronic liver disease. POPH is increasingly recognized and recent evidence suggests that it is one of the leading causes of PAH. The pathophysiology of POPH is poorly understood although the pathological changes in pulmonary vasculature in advance POPH are similar to those seen in idiopathic pulmonary hypertension. The prognosis in patients with liver disease who also suffer from significant POPH is considered to the poor. Higher degree of pulmonary artery pressure [PAP] may preclude a patient from liver transplant as mortality in these patients is high. The treatment with vasodilator therapy has shown to improve both hemodynamics and clinical outcome in POPH in retrospective studies and in some case series. The aim of medical management is to bring PAP <35mmHg that may make a patient with POPH and advanced liver disease eligible for liver transplant, which otherwise would have been denied because of high PAP
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Indice:
Méditerranée orientale
Sujet Principal:
Vasodilatateurs
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Transplantation hépatique
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Hypertension pulmonaire
Limites du sujet:
Humains
langue:
Anglais
Texte intégral:
Ann. Thorac. Med.
Année:
2010
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