MELD or MELD-Na as a Predictive Model for Mortality Following Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Placement.

Arunkumar Krishnan Tinsay A Woreta R Dhananjay Vaidya Yisi Liu James Peter Hamilton Kelvin HongAlia DadabhaiMichelle Ma

Published in: Journal of clinical and translational hepatology (2022)

Although MELD-Na is a superior prognostic tool to MELD for predicting overall mortality in cirrhotic patients, MELD tended to outperform MELD-Na to predict mortality after TIPS.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
cardiovascular events
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
risk factors
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
cardiovascular disease
coronary artery
coronary artery disease
ultrasound guided
pulmonary hypertension
patient reported