Severe pulmonary hypertension in liver transplant candidates
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Accuracy of Doppler echocardiography in the assessment of pulmonary hypertension in liver transplant candidates.
Pulmonary hypertension has been associated with poor outcome after liver transplantation. We assessed the diagnostic accuracy of Doppler echocardiography in detecting significant pulmonary hypertension. Seventy-four potential liver transplant candidates underwent Doppler echocardiography in which the systolic right ventricular pressure (RVsys) was used to estimate the systolic pulmonary artery ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Liver Transplantation and Surgery
سال: 1997
ISSN: 1074-3022
DOI: 10.1002/lt.500030503