Should prophylactic embolization of spontaneous portosystemic shunts be routinely performed during transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt placement?

Judit Vidal-González¹, Macarena Simón-Talero², Joan Genescà³

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¹ Liver Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
² Liver Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: msimon@vhebron.net.
³ Liver Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas, CIBERehd, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.

PMID: 30005961
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2018.06.013

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Should prophylactic embolization of spontaneous portosystemic shunts be routinely performed during transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt placement?

Judit Vidal-González et al. Dig Liver Dis. 2018 Dec.

. 2018 Dec;50(12):1324-1326.

doi: 10.1016/j.dld.2018.06.013. Epub 2018 Jun 28.

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Judit Vidal-González¹, Macarena Simón-Talero², Joan Genescà³

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¹ Liver Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
² Liver Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: msimon@vhebron.net.
³ Liver Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas, CIBERehd, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.

PMID: 30005961
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2018.06.013

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