The heart and liver are organs that are closely related in both health and disease. Patients
who undergo liver transplantation may suffer from heart disease that is:(a) related to the …

Abstract Model for End‐Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score–based allocation systems have
been adopted by most countries in Europe and North America. Indeed, the MELD score is a …

Rationale: The etiology of hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS), a common complication of
cirrhosis, is unknown. Inflammation and macrophage accumulation occur in HPS; however …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: We documented the frequency of large spontaneous portosystemic
shunts in patients with moderate or severe portopulmonary hypertension (POPH) and …

An elevated tricuspid regurgitant jet velocity (TRV) is associated with hemolysis and early
mortality in sickle cell disease, yet risk factors, clinical parameters, and mortality associated …

Patients with end‐stage liver disease awaiting liver transplantation frequently require
intensive care admission and management due to either complications of liver failure or to …

Introduction Combined with massive lung aeration loss resulting from acute respiratory
distress syndrome, hepatopulmonary syndrome, a liver-induced vascular lung disorder …

Recent experimental and imaging studies suggest that the influence of gravity on the
measured distribution of blood flow in the lung is largely through deformation of the …

Zusammenfassung Einleitung: Ambrisentan, ein selektiver Endothelinrezeptor-Antagonist,
ist in vielen Ländern zur Therapie der pulmonal-arteriellen Hypertonie zugelassen. Daten …

Advanced portal hypertension accompanying end‐stage liver disease results in an altered
milieu due to inadequate detoxification of blood from splanchnic circulation by the failing …