Quick Tips: Portopulmonary Hypertension
Our next LFN Quick Tips post is on another pulmonary complication of end-stage liver disease, portopulmonary hypertension.
Please make sure to check out our previous "Quick Tips" infographics:
- Ascites
- Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
- Bleeding esophageal varices
- Hepatorenal syndrome
- Hepatic encephalopathy
- Hepatopulmonary syndrome
Links to the referenced articles
Krowka MJ. Transplantation 2016
Krowka MJ. Clin Liver Dis 2020
Kim WR et al. Liver Transpla 2000 - accuracy of Doppler echocardiography in assessing pulmonary hypertension
Galie N et al. Eur Heart J 2016
Rodriguez-Roisin R et al. Eur Respir J 2004
Savale L et al. Eur Respir J 2013 - efficacy of bosentan in PPHTN
Fisher JH et al. Eur Respir J 2015 - efficacy of PDE-5 inhibitors in PPHTN
Melgosa MT et al. Liver Transpl 2010 - efficacy of inhaled iloprost (prostacyclin analogue) in PPHTN
Ghofrani HA et al. NEJM 2013 - riociguat for treatment of pulmonary hypertension