The role of acute pulmonary vasodilator testing in portopulmonary hypertension (PoPH), a current contraindication for orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT), has not been thoroughly elucidated. The purpose of this work was to analyze the results of acute vasodilator testing with inhaled nitric oxide
A spectrum of pulmonary vascular pathology in portopulmonary hypertension
โ Scribed by Michael J. Krowka; William D. Edwards
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 205 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1527-6465
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