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Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease - a special consideration in TIPS?
Liver Transpl. 2020 Dec 21. doi: 10.1002/lt.25976. Online ahead of print.
Sarah Wang1, Juan G Abraldes1
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1Division of Gastroenterology (Liver Unit), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, Alberta.
Abstract
The benefits of transjugular intrahepatic porto-systemic shunts (TIPS) in decompensated cirrhosis have been widely demonstrated in randomized trials for the treatment of variceal bleeding and ascites. While these results have greatly advanced the management of portal hypertension, pivotal trials to support these indications included mainly patients with alcoholic-related liver disease 1,2 , an etiology of cirrhosis with an important degree of reversibility upon abstinence.