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Congenital Portosystemic Shunt: Our Experience

open access: yesCase Reports in Pediatrics, 2015
Introduction. Congenital portosystemic venous malformations are rare abnormalities in which the portal blood drains into a systemic vein and which are characterized by extreme clinical variability. Case Presentations. The authors present two case reports
Tiziana Timpanaro   +7 more
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Spontaneous Resolution of Congenital Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt [PDF]

open access: yesActa Medica Lituanica
Congenital portosystemic shunts (CPSS) are a rare type of congenital abnormality. It results from abnormal embryonic development by the fourth week of fetal life.
Taraprasad Tripathy   +5 more
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A pediatric case of portosystemic shunt presenting hypoxemia with brain abscess in an emergency department [PDF]

open access: yesPediatric Emergency Medicine Journal, 2023
Portosystemic shunt is a rare congenital vascular anomaly. The shunt is hard to clinically suspect because its symptoms develop insidiously and affect various systems at different time points.
Seong Taek Hwang, Jun Sung Park
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The role of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt in patients with cirrhosis and ascites: Recent evolution and open questions

open access: yesHepatology, 2022
In selected patients with cirrhosis and ascites, transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) placement improves control of ascites and may reduce mortality.
P. Deltenre   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Combination of Model for End‐Stage Liver Disease and Lactate Predicts Death in Patients Treated With Salvage Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt for Refractory Variceal Bleeding

open access: yesHepatology, 2021
Data about the prognosis of salvage transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) using covered stents for refractory variceal bleeding caused by portal hypertension are scarce.
A. Walter   +21 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

First Report of Fulminant Budd-Chiari Syndrome Treated by Direct Intrahepatic Portocaval Shunt in Vietnam

open access: yesCase Reports in Gastroenterology, 2021
Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) is a rare disorder caused by hepatic venous outflow obstruction that can lead to acute liver failure proposing liver transplantation or transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt.
Thai Van Nguyen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Targeted decrease of portal hepatic pressure gradient improves ascites control after TIPS

open access: yesHepatology, EarlyView., 2022
The river diagram demonstrates that after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt insertion (TIPS) the majority of patients without ascites and 50% of the patients with ascites detectable at ultrasound, show the best response in the long term follow‐up.
Alexander Queck   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Caution for living donor liver transplantation with congenital portosystemic shunt: a case report

open access: yesSurgical Case Reports, 2022
Background Congenital portosystemic shunt is an infrequent abnormal connection between the portal vascular system and the systemic circulation. Portosystemic shunts are common findings in patients with cirrhosis, causing gastroesophageal varices, hepatic
Yoshihiro Nagao   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Health disparities in chronic liver disease

open access: yesHepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract The syndemic of hazardous alcohol consumption, opioid use, and obesity has led to important changes in liver disease epidemiology that have exacerbated health disparities. Health disparities occur when plausibly avoidable health differences are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations.
Ani Kardashian   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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