Clinical predictors of pulmonary hyperte
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Nektarios D. Pilatis; Larry E. Jacobs; Pairoj Rerkpattanapipat; Morris N. Kotler
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Article
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2000
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Clinical prediction of portopulmonary hypertension (PPHTN) is critical in the preoperative evaluation of candidates for orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) because of its association with significant morbidity and mortality. To determine the clinical, laboratory, and echocardiographic predictors