Hepatopulmonary Syndrome: State of a Problem

A portal hypertension is one of the leading syndromes characteristic of the liver cirrhosis. The serious disturbances of circulation, accompanying the liver cirrhosis, are in a basis of the circulation disorders in all the organs practically, including the lungs, with the critical pathologic change development in them. The variants of the lung lesions, the characteristics of the lung lesion basic syndromes at the liver cirrhosis (a hepatopulmonary syndrome, a portopulmonary hypertension syndrome), the methods of diagnosis and treatment of the patients (including a medicamental correction and surgical treatment) are regarded.

Ilchenko L.Yu., Fyodorov I.G. , Karabinenko A.A., Oskanova R.S., Storozhakov G.I. Hepatopulmonary Syndrome: State of a Problem. Sovremennye tehnologii v medicine 2009; (1): 84