Hepatopulmonary syndrome complicated by interstitial pneumonia and obesity with normal contrast echocardiography.
Akihito OkazakiKensuke FujiokaPublished in: Clinical case reports (2021)
Diagnosis of hepatopulmonary syndrome complicated by interstitial pneumonia and obesity is difficult because these complications can cause hypoxia. Such patients may not present with typical contrast echocardiography findings.
Keyphrases
- insulin resistance
- metabolic syndrome
- end stage renal disease
- magnetic resonance
- weight loss
- type diabetes
- left ventricular
- computed tomography
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- pulmonary hypertension
- weight gain
- chronic kidney disease
- case report
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- contrast enhanced
- endothelial cells
- risk factors
- magnetic resonance imaging
- respiratory failure
- atrial fibrillation
- mechanical ventilation