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Porto-Pulmonary Venous Anastomosis: A Reversible Cause of Chronic Hypoxemia in Portal Hypertension

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Berrehare, A., Priou, P., Oberti, F. et al. Porto-Pulmonary Venous Anastomosis: A Reversible Cause of Chronic Hypoxemia in Portal Hypertension. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 43, 347–349 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-019-02368-6

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