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Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
Research from Japan and the United States add new data to transplants body of knowledge
September 13th, 2006
New findings from Japan and the United States describe advances in transplants. Study 1: A study from Japan has reported that pulmonary hypertension can develop after pediatric living-donor liver transplantation (LDLT). "The development of portopulmonary hypertension (PH) in a patient with end-stage liver disease is related to high cardiac output and hyperdynamic circulation. However, PH following liver transplantation is not fully understood," wrote Y. Shirouzu and colleagues, Kyoto University Hospital. "Of 617 pediatric patients receiving transplants between June 1990 and March 2004, 5 (median age 12 yr, median weight 24.5 kg)...
Source: Telemedicine Business Week (2006-09-13)
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