%0 Journal Article
%T Pulmonary vascular complications of chronic liver disease: Pathophysiology, imaging, and treatment
%A Khan Ali
%A Al-Jahdali Hamdan
%A Abdullah Khalid
%A Irion Klaus
%J Annals of Thoracic Medicine
%D 2011
%I Medknow Publications
%X To review the pathogenesis of pulmonary vascular complications of liver disease, we discuss their clinical implications, and therapeutic considerations, with emphasis on potential reversibility of the hepatopulmonary syndrome after liver transplantation. In this review, we also discuss the role of imaging in pulmonary vascular complications associated with liver disease.
%K Hepatopulmonary syndrome
%K portopulmonary hypertension
%K pulmonary arteriovenous shunts
%K Yttrium-90 microsphere embolization hepatocellular carcinoma
%U http://www.thoracicmedicine.org/article.asp?issn=1817-1737;year=2011;volume=6;issue=2;spage=57;epage=65;aulast=Khan