Hepatic cirrhosis associated with arterial pulmonary hypertension

Rom J Gastroenterol. 2004 Dec;13(4):341-3.

Abstract

The association between hepatic cirrhosis and arterial pulmonary hypertension is mentioned in the literature. The authors report the case of a patient with hepatic cirrhosis, who developed in time an arterial pulmonary hypertension with a fatal outcome. They discuss the pathogenesis of arterial pulmonary hypertension in patients with hepatic diseases, and the therapeutic options in these patients.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / complications*
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / diagnosis
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / drug therapy
  • Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / complications*
  • Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / diagnosis
  • Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / drug therapy
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pulmonary Artery*