2021
Management of Refractory Ascites Due to Portal Hypertension: Current Status.
Madoff DC, Cornman-Homonoff J, Fortune BE, Gaba RC, Lipnik AJ, Yarmohammadi H, Ray CE. Management of Refractory Ascites Due to Portal Hypertension: Current Status. Radiology 2021, 298: 493-504. PMID: 33497318, DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2021201960.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsRefractory ascitesPortal hypertensionTransjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shuntLarge-volume paracentesesCirrhotic portal hypertensionAvailable therapeutic optionsIntrahepatic portosystemic shuntStepwise management approachMost patientsMedical managementPoor prognosisPortosystemic shuntTherapeutic optionsTreatment optionsMultiple therapiesPatient outcomesAppropriate treatmentClinical experienceDrainage deviceSpecific patientAscitesHypertensionPatientsParacentesesPrognosis
2003
Management of TIPS-related Refractory Hepatic Encephalopathy with Reduced Wallgraft Endoprostheses
Madoff DC, Perez-Young IV, Wallace MJ, Skolkin MD, Toombs BD. Management of TIPS-related Refractory Hepatic Encephalopathy with Reduced Wallgraft Endoprostheses. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2003, 14: 369-374. PMID: 12631643, DOI: 10.1097/01.rvi.0000058418.01661.48.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shuntRefractory Hepatic EncephalopathyIntrahepatic portosystemic shuntHE recurrenceClinical improvementShunt reductionHepatic encephalopathyBalloon occlusionClinical statusPortosystemic shuntPatientsHours of reductionEndograftEndoprosthesesEncephalopathyRecurrenceShuntWeeks