The use of TIPS in chronic liver disease

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-15

  Wong, Florence ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ascites; Cirrhosis; Portal hypertension; Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent shunt; Variceal bleed

Indexed keywords

METAL; SODIUM; WATER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ASCITES; BLEEDING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BUDD CHIARI SYNDROME; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FISTULA; HEMOLYSIS; HEMOSTASIS; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HEPATORENAL SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER INJURY; LIVER SINUSOID; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PARACENTESIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PROPHYLAXIS; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PUNCTURE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SHUNT INFECTION; SHUNTING; SODIUM RETENTION; STENOSIS; STENT; STOMACH DISEASE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VARICOSIS; VENOUS PRESSURE; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 33645787529     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)32033-2     Document Type: Review

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