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CT Scan Does Not Differentiate Patients with Hepatopulmonary Syndrome from Other Patients with Liver Disease.

Yingming Amy ChenVikramaditya PrabhudesaiHelene CastelSamir Gupta
Published in: PloS one (2016)
Basilar segmental artery-bronchus ratios are larger in patients with liver disease than in normal controls, but this vasodilatation is no more severe in patients with HPS. CT does not distinguish patients with HPS from those with uncomplicated liver disease.
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