Publication details
Quality Improvement Guidelines for Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shut (TIPS)
| Authors | |
|---|---|
| Year of publication | 2012 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology |
| MU Faculty or unit | |
| Citation | |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00270-012-0493-y |
| Field | Other medical specializations |
| Keywords | TIPS; portal hypertension; hepatic encephalopathy |
| Description | In Europe and in North America, portal hypertension accompanies cirrhosis of the liver in over 90 % of the cases. Cirrhosis of the liver is caused by alcohol abuse in about half of the cases; a third is due to chronic viral hepatitis B and C; and the remainder is the result of various metabolic or idiopathic disorders of the liver. |