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In cirrhosis patients with borderline pre-transplant PVR (≈2–3 WU), what additional findings (e.g., mPAP/TPG, pulmonary artery compliance, RV strain on echo, DLCO) prompt you to treat this as higher risk and arrange closer follow-up or PH-center referral rather than reassuring the transplant team?

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Pulmonology · Mayo Clinic Pulmonary Medicine
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Agree that recent data do suggest that pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) 2 to 3 Wood units should be followed carefully in patients who are liver transplant candidates.

Using historical data and International Liver Transplant Society (ILTS) Guidelines, mean pulmonary arterial pressure (mPAP) < 35 m...

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