Abstract:Porto-pulmonary hypertension (PPH) is the association between portal hypertension (PoH) due to liver disease or extra hepatic etiology and pulmonary hypertension (PH). It’s prevalence ranges between 2 and 16 % (1,2)and it’s diagnosis requires the exclusion of alternative causes of PH which can be sometimes challenging, especially in the context of a wide range of comorbidities that a patient with chronic liver disease can present with. We describe a 72 years-old man with a clinical presentation of right heart … Show more
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