Risk factors for portopulmonary hypertension in patients with cirrhosis: a prospective, multicenter study.

Masanori AtsukawaAkihito TsubotaChisa KondoKaori-Shioda KoyanoToru IshikawaHidenori ToyodaKoichi TakaguchiTsunamasa WatanabeKentaro MatsuuraChikara OgawaAtsushi HiraokaHironao OkuboMasakuni TateyamaHaruki UojimaAkito NozakiMakoto ChumaKeizo KatoShigeru MikamiJoji TaniAsahiro MorishitaKazuhito KawataToshifumi TadaYoshihiro FuruichiTomomi OkuboTadamichi KawanoTaeang AraiNaoto KawabeNaohiro KawamuraTadashi IkegamiMakoto NakamutaRyuta ShigefukuMotoh IwasaYasuhito TanakaMasaru HatanoKatsuhiko Iwakiri

Published in: Hepatology international (2022)

This study clarified the characteristics of patients with suspected PoPH and developed a scoring model for identifying patients at high risk of PoPH, which may be used in selecting patients that may benefit from echocardiography.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
blood pressure
chronic kidney disease
left ventricular
prognostic factors
computed tomography
pulmonary hypertension
heart failure
patient reported outcomes