Cirrhotic ascites results from sinusoidal hypertension and sodium retention, which is secondary to a decreased effective arterial blood volume. Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) ...

Paracentesis is the standard treatment for refractory ascites in patients with cirrhosis, but it cannot prevent the recurrence of ascites. The placement of a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. (Gore) announces the FDA approval and U.S. launch of the GORE® VIATORR® TIPS Endoprosthesis with Controlled Expansion for Transjugular ...

A new prognostic score is more accurate than the commonly used Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) in predicting post–transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) survival, researchers ...

The progressive worsening of liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension (HTN) decreases intra-hepatic nitric oxide (NO), which is counterbalanced by increased NO secretion from adjacent endothelial cells ...

Liver regeneration after radiotherapy in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: A simple-to-use model and nomogram. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2021 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract ...

34.2% of decompensated patients with cirrhosis experience further decompensation post-TIPS, despite improved outcomes in most. Right hepatic lobe volume and post-shunt PPG reduction were identified as ...

In this study, we assessed the clinical course and long term outcome of patients with BCS referred to our university hospital analysing the data of all patients admitted with a primary diagnosis of ...