TY - JOUR
T1 - Resolving impaired response to exercise in hepatopulmonary syndrome after liver transplantation
AU - Nusair, Samir
AU - Eid, Ahmed
AU - Bardach, Elat
AU - Berkman, Neville
PY - 2005/7/20
Y1 - 2005/7/20
N2 - A series of graded cardiopulmonary exercise tests (CPET) in a patient with hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) who was evaluated before and after liver transplantation are described. HPS associated with marked dyspnea, results from abnormal intrapulmonary vascular dilatation with rapid transit of the blood in the pulmonary vascular bed, creating right-to-left shunt and hypoxemia. Decreased peak oxygen uptake, wasted ventilation and hypoxemia were corrected within 8 months after the transplant, thus making CPET a very useful tool for investigating and following these patients before and after transplant.
AB - A series of graded cardiopulmonary exercise tests (CPET) in a patient with hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) who was evaluated before and after liver transplantation are described. HPS associated with marked dyspnea, results from abnormal intrapulmonary vascular dilatation with rapid transit of the blood in the pulmonary vascular bed, creating right-to-left shunt and hypoxemia. Decreased peak oxygen uptake, wasted ventilation and hypoxemia were corrected within 8 months after the transplant, thus making CPET a very useful tool for investigating and following these patients before and after transplant.
KW - Exercise testing
KW - Hepatopulmonary syndrome
KW - Liver transplantation
KW - Oxygen uptake
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.06.011
DO - 10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.06.011
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C2 - 16004905
AN - SCOPUS:21844465428
SN - 0167-5273
VL - 102
SP - 533
EP - 535
JO - International Journal of Cardiology
JF - International Journal of Cardiology
IS - 3
ER -