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. 2021 Dec 10;3(1):e155.
doi: 10.1097/PG9.0000000000000155. eCollection 2022 Feb.

Portal Bypass Complicated by Hepatopulmonary Syndrome

Eric J Monroe  1 , Niviann Blondet  2 , Jeffrey Forris Beecham Chick  3 , Evelyn K Hsu  2
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Portal Bypass Complicated by Hepatopulmonary Syndrome

Eric J Monroe et al. JPGN Rep. .
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Figures

FIGURE 1.
FIGURE 1.
Frontal projection digital subtraction portal venography before (A) and after (B) creation of a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt. Photograph of the hand (C) demonstrated digital clubbing. Echocardiography with bubble study (D) demonstrated appearance of microbubbles within the left cardiac chambers at 7 cardiac cycles after systemic infusion, confirming intrapulmonary shunting, and the diagnosis of hepatopulmonary syndrome.
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