2015
High risk of delisting or death in liver transplant candidates following infections: Results from the North American consortium for the study of end‐stage liver disease
Reddy KR, O'Leary JG, Kamath PS, Fallon MB, Biggins SW, Wong F, Patton HM, Garcia‐Tsao G, Subramanian RM, Thacker LR, Bajaj JS, Disease F. High risk of delisting or death in liver transplant candidates following infections: Results from the North American consortium for the study of end‐stage liver disease. Liver Transplantation 2015, 21: 881-888. PMID: 25845966, DOI: 10.1002/lt.24139.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnd-stage liver diseaseLiver transplantationOrgan failureNorth American ConsortiumLiver diseaseUnderwent transplantationMELD scoreMedian ageEnd-stage liver disease (MELD) scoreTertiary-care hepatology centersAmerican ConsortiumExtrahepatic organ failureMean MELD scoreLiver Disease scoreLiver transplant candidatesPatients' median ageHepatitis C virusType of infectionPrevention of infectionHepatology centersTransplant candidatesCirculatory failureC virusInfected patientsHigh risk
2007
Hepatic Venous Pressure Gradient Predicts Clinical Decompensation in Patients With Compensated Cirrhosis
Ripoll C, Groszmann R, Garcia–Tsao G, Grace N, Burroughs A, Planas R, Escorsell A, Garcia–Pagan J, Makuch R, Patch D, Matloff DS, Bosch J, Group P. Hepatic Venous Pressure Gradient Predicts Clinical Decompensation in Patients With Compensated Cirrhosis. Gastroenterology 2007, 133: 481-488. PMID: 17681169, DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2007.05.024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAscitesEsophageal and Gastric VaricesFemaleFollow-Up StudiesGastrointestinal HemorrhageHepatic EncephalopathyHumansHypertension, PortalKaplan-Meier EstimateLiver CirrhosisMaleMiddle AgedPortal PressurePredictive Value of TestsPrognosisProportional Hazards ModelsProspective StudiesRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsROC CurveSensitivity and SpecificitySeverity of Illness IndexTime FactorsConceptsHepatic venous pressure gradientVenous pressure gradientClinical decompensationPortal hypertensionMedian hepatic venous pressure gradientEnd-stage liver diseaseDiagnostic capacityBaseline laboratory testsPredictors of decompensationChild-Pugh scoreDevelopment of varicesMedical record reviewEnd of studyMedian followCompensated cirrhosisLiver transplantationLiver diseaseRecord reviewStudy terminationDecompensationPatientsCirrhosisMultivariate analysisVaricesHypertension
1990
Selective portal-systemic shunts for bleeding portal hypertension.
Orozco H, Mercado M, Takahashi T, García-Tsao G, Guevara L, Hernandez-Ortiz J, Tielve M. Selective portal-systemic shunts for bleeding portal hypertension. Revista De Investigación Clínica 1990, 42 Suppl: 165-9. PMID: 19256158.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedChildEsophageal and Gastric VaricesFemaleGastrointestinal HemorrhageHumansHypersplenismHypertension, PortalKaplan-Meier EstimateLiver CirrhosisMaleMiddle AgedPatient SelectionPortal VeinPortasystemic Shunt, SurgicalPostoperative ComplicationsRecurrenceRetrospective StudiesSeverity of Illness IndexThrombosisYoung AdultConceptsSelective shuntPortal hypertensionOperative mortalityChild A groupChild A patientsGlobal operative mortalityPortal-systemic shuntsGood liver functionTreatment of choiceElective fashionSplenocaval shuntWarren shuntPostoperative periodA patientsShunt thrombosisLiver functionHypertensionShuntPatientsA groupThrombosisMortalityYear periodTreatmentYears