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ArticleChest2021

Sex Differences in Portopulmonary Hypertension.

Hilary M DuBrock, Rodrigo Cartin-Ceba, Richard N Channick, Steven M Kawut, Michael J Krowka

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Article in Chest, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. International Liver Transplantation Society practice guideline update on portopulmonary hypertension.Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Hilary M DuBrockDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. Electronic address: dubrock.hilary@mayo.edu.
Rodrigo Cartin-CebaDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ.
Richard N ChannickDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Steven M KawutCenter for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Michael J KrowkaDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Mayo Clinic in Arizona · USUCLA Medical Center · USUniversity of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

Mentored Patient-Oriented Research in Pulmonary Arterial HypertensionK24HL103844 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI KAWUT, STEVEN M · 2011 to 2020
$1.6M
NHLBI NIH HHS K24 HL103844
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPortopulmonary hypertension (POPH), pulmonary arterial hypertension that develops in the setting of portal hypertension, can lead to right-sided heart failure and death. Being female is a known risk factor for POPH, but little is known about the effect of sex on clinical manifestations, hemodynamics, treatment response, and survival. RESEARCH QUESTION: We sought to characterize sex differences in clinical characteristics, pulmonary hemodynamics, treatment response, and survival in patients with POPH. STUDY DESIGN AND

methodsWe performed a retrospective cohort study of adult candidates for liver transplant (LT) who had POPH within the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network database. Females and males were compared. Multivariate regression was performed to assess the association between sex and pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) and survival. Patients were also stratified by age (50 years) to determine how age modifies the relationship between sex and hemodynamics and survival.

resultsWe included 190 adults (103 male, 87 female). Compared with men, women had a lower model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) score (12.1± 4.2 vs 13.8 ± 4.9; P = .01) and were more likely to have autoimmune liver disease. Women had a higher baseline PVR (610.6 ± 366.6 vs 461.0 ± 185.3 dynes-s-cm

interpretationCompared with male candidates, female candidates for LT who had POPH had a higher PVR and lower MELD score and were more likely to have autoimmune liver disease. Women and men had similar overall survival, but female sex (or gender) was associated with worse survival in younger patients.

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AdultFemaleHumansHypertension, PortalLiver TransplantationMaleMiddle AgedPulmonary Arterial HypertensionRetrospective StudiesSex FactorsSurvival RateVascular Resistancegenderportopulmonary hypertensionpulmonary arterial hypertensionpulmonary vascular resistancesex

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PMID32798521
PMCPMC7893306
OpenAlexW3049481995

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