Portopulmonary hypertension in a patient of autoimmune hepatitis

Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci. 2005 Apr-Jun;47(2):127-30.

Abstract

A 35-year-old women presented with breathlessness and features suggestive of pulmonary hypertension. Further investigations revealed that she had autoimmune hepatitis and both portal and pulmonary hypertension. Pertinent literature is reviewed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Echocardiography
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Hepatitis, Autoimmune / complications
  • Hepatitis, Autoimmune / diagnosis*
  • Hepatopulmonary Syndrome / complications
  • Hepatopulmonary Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Portal / complications
  • Hypertension, Portal / diagnosis*
  • Hypertension, Portal / drug therapy
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / complications
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / diagnosis*
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / drug therapy
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • India
  • Losartan / therapeutic use
  • Magnetic Resonance Angiography
  • Nifedipine / therapeutic use
  • Risk Assessment
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Nifedipine
  • Losartan