The role of the transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent shunt (TIPSS) in the management of bleeding gastric varices: clinical and haemodynamic correlations

Background: The transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent shunt (TIPSS) is effective in the management of both oesophageal and gastric variceal bleeding. Although it has been reported that gastric varices can bleed at pressures of ≤12 mm Hg, this phenomenon has been little studied in the clinica...

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Main Authors: Tripathi, D, Therapondos, G, Jackson, E, Redhead, D N, Hayes, P C
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Copyright 2002 by Gut 2002
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Liver Disease
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1773295/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12117893
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