R Rodriguez-Roisin, MJ Krowka, P Herve, MB … - European Respiratory Journal, 2004 - ersj.org.uk Owing to the success of orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT), there has been
increasing recognition of the importance of pulmonary vascular complications of
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