Gastroenterology
Volume 135, Issue 4 , Pages 1168-1175, October 2008

Impact of Hepatopulmonary Syndrome on Quality of Life and Survival in Liver Transplant Candidates

  • Michael B. Fallon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: Michael B. Fallon, MD, Liver Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, MCLM 287, 1918 University Boulevard, Birmingham, Alabama 35294-0005. fax: (205) 975-9777
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  • Michael J. Krowka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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  • Robert S. Brown

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York
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  • James F. Trotter

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado
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  • Steven Zacks

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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  • Kari E. Roberts

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Vijay H. Shah

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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  • Neil Kaplowitz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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  • Lisa Forman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado
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  • Keith Wille

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama
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  • Steven M. Kawut

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York
    • Department of Epidemiology, Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York
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  • Pulmonary Vascular Complications of Liver Disease Study Group

Received 5 March 2008; accepted 12 June 2008. published online 24 June 2008.

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Supported by National Institutes of Health grants DK064103, DK065958, RR00645, RR00585, RR00046, RR00032, and HL67771.

 The authors have no conflicts of interest to report.

 The Pulmonary Vascular Complications of Liver Disease Study Group also includes the following: Columbia University: Jenna Reinen, BA, Jeffrey Okun, BA, Sonja Olsen, MD, Debbie Rybak, BA, Daniel Rabinowitz, PhD, Lori Rosenthal, NP, Evelyn M. Horn, MD; Mayo Clinic: Linda Stadheim, RN, Russell Wiesner, MD; University of Alabama: Dottie Faulk, J. Stevenson Bynon, MD, Devin Eckhoff, MD, Harpreet Singh, Rajasekhar Tanakella, Raymond Benza, MD; University of Colorado: David Badesch, MD, Ted Perry; University of North Carolina: Carrie Nielsen, RN, Roshan Shrestha, MD; University of Pennsylvania: Vivek Ahya, MD, Harold Palevsky, MD, Rajender Reddy, MD, Michael Harhay, Sandra Kaplan, RN, Darren Taichman, MD, PhD; University of Southern California, James Knowles, MD, PhD.

PII: S0016-5085(08)01089-5

doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2008.06.038

Gastroenterology
Volume 135, Issue 4 , Pages 1168-1175, October 2008

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