Echocardiographic and Other Preprocedural Predictors of Heart Failure After TIPS Placement in Patients With Cirrhosis: A Single-Center 15-Year Analysis
Aamir Ali, Ammar Sarwar, Vilas R. Patwardhan, Ariane M. Fraiche, Muhammad M. Tahir, Michael Luo, Jeffrey L. Weinstein, Muhammad Sarib Hussain, Michael P. Curry, Muneeb Ahmed
Abstract
Preprocedural echocardiography may guide risk stratification in patients with cirrhosis being considered for TIPS placement.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineInternal medicineCardiologyHeart failureVentriclePulmonary arteryComplicationLogistic regressionRetrospective cohort studyPulmonary hypertensionSurgeryBlood pressureReceiver operating characteristicDiureticRisk factorLog-rank testLeft atriumSurvival analysisCirrhosisHeart diseaseLiver Disease and TransplantationCardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair