Epoprostenol-associated ascites in pulmonary arterial hypertension.

The development of ascites in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in the absence of pre-existing hepatic dysfunction is usually associated with decompensated right heart failure or cardiac cirrhosis. Ascites in PAH has rarely been associated with intravenous epoprostenol, a synthetic form of the prostaglandin PGI 2 .