Early TIPS with covered stents in high-risk patients with cirrhosis presenting with variceal bleeding: Are we ready to dive into the deep end of the pool?

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1148-1149

  Thabut, Dominique ^a   Rudler, Marika ^a   Lebrec, Didier ^b,c  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE BIOMÉDICALE BICHAT BEAUJON CRB3   (France)

^c BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

hepatic venous pressure gradient; HVPG; TIPS; transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt

Indexed keywords

NADOLOL; POLITEF; PROPRANOLOL; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY INTERVENTION; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER HEMORRHAGE; LIVER VARICES BLEEDING; POLITEF IMPLANT; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STENT; SURVIVAL TIME; TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC PORTOSYSTEMIC SHUNT; VARICOSIS;

EID: 80054719159     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2011.05.013     Document Type: Note

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