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. 2023 Nov;72(11):2189-2190.
doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2022-328761. Epub 2022 Nov 3.

Diameter of the shunt: the missing link in the appraisal of pTIPS in patients with cirrhosis with previous hepatic encephalopathy

Thierry Thevenot  1 , Maxime Desmarets  2   3 , Delphine Weil  4 , Vincent Di Martino  4
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Diameter of the shunt: the missing link in the appraisal of pTIPS in patients with cirrhosis with previous hepatic encephalopathy

Thierry Thevenot et al. Gut. 2023 Nov.
No abstract available

Keywords: CIRRHOSIS; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION.

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  • Hepatic encephalopathy is not a contraindication to pre-emptive TIPS in high-risk patients with cirrhosis with variceal bleeding.
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