Patient 1, a 58-year-old man, received eight cycles of intravenous bortezomib followed by combination bortezomib and lenalidomide, and he had only a partial response. He underwent autologous stem-cell ...

The diagnosis of HPS depends on establishing that impaired gas exchange in a patient with liver disease is due to pulmonary vascular dilatation. In most cases, the results of arterial blood gases and ...

Previously in the Journal, we reported on a 4-year-old boy with the hepatopulmonary syndrome, a condition characterized by intrapulmonary shunting due to dilatation of pulmonary vessels in the setting ...

The characteristics of hepatopulmonary syndrome include an oxygen saturation < 80%, an increased alveolar-arterial gradient (> 15 mm Hg) while breathing room air, portal hypertension with or without ...