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Disease pulmonary hypertension
Phenotype C0023895|liver disease
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PubMedID- 25148949 [pulmonary hypertension in liver diseases].
PubMedID- 20714839 Background/purpose: the diagnosis of porto-pulmonary hypertension (pphn) in patients with end-stage liver disease at the time of surgery is not an uncommon occurrence.
PubMedID- 22447257 pulmonary hypertension in patients with liver disease or portal hypertension can be due to multiple mechanisms, including hyperdynamic (high-flow) state, increased pulmonary venous congestion, and vascular constriction or obstruction of the pulmonary arterial bed.
PubMedID- 21760840 pulmonary hypertension that develops in patients with liver disease and portal hypertension is called portopulmonary hypertension (ppht) [table 1].
PubMedID- 21280186 End-stage liver disease with severe portopulmonary hypertension (pphtn), which is refractory to vasodilator therapies, is a contraindication for isolated liver transplantation (lt) because of the high mortality rate.
PubMedID- 20002632 The incidence of porto-pulmonary hypertension (pphn) in patients with end stage liver disease is 8.5%.
PubMedID- 25885880 Portopulmonary hypertension in liver disease presenting in childhood.
PubMedID- 21389799 Every clinician who manages patients with chronic liver disease complaining of dyspnea should consider portopulmonary hypertension because this disorder requires special treatment.

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