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