Letter to the Editor: Predicting mortality after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt in older adult patients with cirrhosis-Does novelty supplant the standard?

Karl Vaz^{1

2}, Robert Little^{1

2}, Ammar Majeed^{1

2}, Stuart Roberts^{1

2}, William Kemp^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology , Alfred Health , Melbourne , Victoria , Australia.
² Central Clinical School , Monash University , Melbourne , Victoria , Australia.

Comment

Karl Vaz et al. Hepatology. 2023.

. 2023 Apr 1;77(4):E74-E75.

doi: 10.1002/hep.32811. Epub 2022 Oct 12.

Karl Vaz^{1

2}, Robert Little^{1

2}, Ammar Majeed^{1

2}, Stuart Roberts^{1

2}, William Kemp^{1

2}

¹ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology , Alfred Health , Melbourne , Victoria , Australia.
² Central Clinical School , Monash University , Melbourne , Victoria , Australia.

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Mortality after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt in older adult patients with cirrhosis: A validated prediction model.
Vizzutti F, Celsa C, Calvaruso V, Enea M, Battaglia S, Turco L, Senzolo M, Nardelli S, Miraglia R, Roccarina D, Campani C, Saltini D, Caporali C, Indulti F, Gitto S, Zanetto A, Di Maria G, Bianchini M, Pecchini M, Aspite S, Di Bonaventura C, Citone M, Guasconi T, Di Benedetto F, Arena U, Fanelli F, Maruzzelli L, Riggio O, Burra P, Colecchia A, Villa E, Marra F, Cammà C, Schepis F. Vizzutti F, et al. Hepatology. 2023 Feb 1;77(2):476-488. doi: 10.1002/hep.32704. Epub 2022 Aug 17. Hepatology. 2023. PMID: 35921493

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