Treatment of refractory ascites using transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS). A caution

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 161-166

  Martinet, Jean Paul ^b   Fenyves, D ^b   Legault, L ^b   Roy, L ^b   Dufresne, M P ^b   Spahr, L ^b   Lafortune, M ^b   Pomier Layrargues, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

hepatic encephalopathy; portacaval shunt; refractory ascites; transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; RENIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ALDOSTERONE; ASCITES; CREATININE; DIURETICS; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PORTASYSTEMIC SHUNT, TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RENIN; SODIUM; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031034917     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018861827399     Document Type: Article

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