A transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) procedure is a treatment method used to lower portal hypertension, or excessive pressure in your portal vein. This vein is responsible for ...

Table 1. Table 1. Age and Sex Distribution. All 102 patients included in the study had either a portacaval or a splenorenal shunt for the relief of the complications arising from portal hypertension.

Nat Clin Pract Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2005;2(6):246-247. For centuries, gastrointestinal bleeding has been recognized as a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with pathology of the ...

Since our catheterization findings might be subject to other interpretations, and since Warren and Muller, 7 on the basis of their hemodynamic findings, have proposed that the side-to-side is ...

Acquired SEPS are associated with portal hypertension, cirrhosis, and complications of decompensation. In particular, the effects of NVEPS on portal pressure are variable, but there is evidence of ...

Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (also known as TIPS) is a radiologic approach that is used to create a portosystemic shunt percutaneously, where the hepatic vein and the main portal vein ...

For centuries, gastrointestinal bleeding has been recognized as a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with pathology of the portal circulation. By contrast, a fuller understanding of ...