Achieving an effective pressure reduction after TIPS: The need for a new target

J Hepatol. 2021 Jul;75(1):246-248. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2021.02.010. Epub 2021 Feb 20.

Authors

Xiaoze Wang¹, Xuefeng Luo¹, Li Yang²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Sichuan University-University of Oxford Huaxi Joint Centre for Gastrointestinal Cancer, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
² Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Sichuan University-University of Oxford Huaxi Joint Centre for Gastrointestinal Cancer, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. Electronic address: yangli_hx@scu.edu.cn.

PMID: 33621635
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2021.02.010

No abstract available

Keywords: portal hypertension; portal pressure gradient; small diameter stent; transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Humans
Hypertension, Portal*
Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic*