Cardiology · Cardiology / Pulmonary vascular disease
Hepatopulmonary syndrome
also: Cirrhosis with intrapulmonary shunting
Hypoxemia from intrapulmonary vascular dilation in liver disease.
- Specialty
- Cardiology
- Subspecialty
- Cardiology / Pulmonary vascular disease
- Sex & age distribution
- Male: affected; Female: affected; Children: yes
- Gene(s) involved
- None recorded
- Alternative names & eponyms
- Cirrhosis with intrapulmonary shunting
Etiology & mechanism
Nitric oxide-mediated pulmonary vasodilation.
Gene(s) involved (0)
No gene recorded for this syndrome.
Symptoms & signs (6)
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Shares symptoms with
3 shared
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clubbing, cyanosis, dyspnea
2 shared
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cyanosis, dyspnea
1 shared
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cyanosis
1 shared
Caplan syndrome
dyspnea
1 shared
Cardiorenal syndrome
dyspnea
1 shared
Central alveolar hypoventilation syndrome
cyanosis
1 shared
Chilaiditi syndrome
dyspnea
1 shared
Fat embolism syndrome
dyspnea
1 shared
Goodpasture syndrome
dyspnea
1 shared
Heterotaxy syndrome
cyanosis
Shares genes with
None.
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