Diastolic dysfunction is associated with cardiac decompensation after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt in patients with liver cirrhosis.

Hannah Schneider Dominik Berliner Lena StockhoffMarlene ReinckeJim B MauzBernhard MeyerJohann Bauersachs Heiner WedemeyerFrank WackerDominic Bettinger Jan B Hinrichs Benjamin Maasoumy

Published in: United European gastroenterology journal (2023)

Cardiac decompensation after TIPS is a frequent and important complication and is associated with reduced survival. American Society of Echocardiography/EACVI criteria and E/A seem to be the best parameters to predict the cardiac risk in cirrhotic patients undergoing TIPS insertion.

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left ventricular
patients undergoing
blood pressure
heart failure
pulmonary hypertension
pulmonary artery
coronary artery
atrial fibrillation