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disease > cardiovascular disease > hepatopulmonary syndrome
disease > respiratory disease > hypoxemia > hepatopulmonary syndrome
disease > biological abnormality > hypoxemia > hepatopulmonary syndrome
disease > digestive diseases > hepatic disease > liver failure > hepatopulmonary syndrome
disease > respiratory disease > dyspnea > hepatopulmonary syndrome

Preferred term

hepatopulmonary syndrome  

Definition

  • In medicine, hepatopulmonary syndrome is a syndrome of shortness of breath and hypoxemia (low oxygen levels in the blood of the arteries) caused by vasodilation (broadening of the blood vessels) in the lungs of patients with liver disease. (Wikipedia)

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Synonym(s)

  • hepato-pulmonary syndrome

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/VH8-TN6LK5C9-Z

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