title: [Advances in diagnosis and treatment of hepatopulmonary syndrome].
abstract: Hepatopulmonary syndrome is a disease with abnormal gas exchange caused by liver diseases, with the feature of abnormal oxygenation caused by intrapulmonary vasodilation. This article introduces the pathogenesis, natural course, clinical manifestations, diagnostic methods, and therapeutic measures of this disease and discusses potential therapeutic measures besides liver transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
authors.forename: H Y
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D020065:Hepatopulmonary Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation