Successful use of methylene blue for severe vasoplegia in a patient with partially-treated portopulmonary hypertension with atrial septal defect undergoing liver transplantation: a case report
MB can be lifesaving for intraoperative vasoplegia even in patients with PoPH on PAH drug therapy with an ASD, though potential drug interactions with anti-PAH drugs warrant caution.
Authors
- Seiichi Azuma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7140-3320)
- Gaku Kawamura
- Kanji Uchida (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9337-1916)
- Mayuko Nagano
- Taro Kariya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7678-3652)
- Teruo Ishihara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2211-1142)
Institutions
- University of Tokyo Hospital (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Anesthesiology
- Published
- 2025-12-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12871-025-03544-7
- Primary Topic
- Liver Disease and Transplantation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00