Hepatopulmonary syndrome has low prevalence of pulmonary vascular abnormalities on chest computed tomography.

Luciano FoladorFelipe S TorresJuliana F ZampieriBetina C MachadoMarli M KnorstMarcelo B Gazzana

Published in: PloS one (2019)

The prevalence of pulmonary vascular abnormalities on chest CT of patients with cirrhosis and HPS is low and not correlated with PaO2. These findings question the usefulness of chest CT for the evaluation of patients with cirrhosis and HPS.

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