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ArticleAnnals of translational medicine2022

Hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) predicts liver failure after transjugular intrahepatic portal shunt: a retrospective cohort study.

Yunhai Yao, Sanjaya K Satapathy, Eduardo De Souza Martins Fernandes, Odin Ramírez-Fernández, Alessandro Vitale, Zutao Chen

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Article in Annals of translational medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Yunhai YaoDepartment of Infectious Disease, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
Sanjaya K SatapathyDivision of Hepatology, Department of Medicine and Northwell Center for Liver Diseases & Transplantation, Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY, USA.
Eduardo De Souza Martins FernandesDepartament of Surgery, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Odin Ramírez-FernándezFaculty of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering North Unit, Autonomous University of Coahuila, Monclova, Mexico.
Alessandro VitaleDepartment of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation Unit, Padova University Hospital, Padova, Italy.
Zutao ChenDepartment of Infectious Disease, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
Soochow University · CNNorthwell Health · USUniversidad Autónoma de Coahuila · MXUniversidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro · BRUniversity of Padua · IT

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Abstract

Background: Esophagogastric variceal bleeding is a serious complication of decompensated cirrhosis. Transjugular intrahepatic portal shunt (TIPS) is a salvage treatment with clear hemostatic results. However, various complications may occur after TIPS, including postoperative liver failure, and the prognosis is very poor once occurs. Liver failure is a common symptom of severe liver disease with a high mortality rate. This study investigated the incidence of liver failure after TIPS treatment for varicose bleeding. Methods: We analyzed the data of patients admitted to the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University between January 2013 and December 2018 with portal hypertension with an episode of acute gastroesophageal variceal bleeding. A total of 121 patients were referred to the regional liver unit for TIPS. Hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) and clinical data were collected. Patients with incomplete data were excluded, and 93 patients were ultimately enrolled in the study. Primary outcomes were morbidity and hospital mortality within 4 weeks of surgery. The data were retrospectively and consecutively collected and evaluated by univariate and multivariate analyses to identify risk factors of liver failure. Results: The patients included 58 males (62.37%) and 35 females (37.63%), and the mean age was 58.43±11.85 years. The main cause was hepatitis B virus (HBV), which was found in 50.54% of patient. The overall surgical success rate was 83.87% (78/93). Of 15 treatment-failure patients, 9 (9.68%) died in hospital. Four patients died of liver failure, accounting for 44.44% of postoperative all-cause deaths. Univariate logistic regression analysis showed that only hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) was an independent risk factor for post-TIPS morbidity [relative risk (RR) 1.156; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.041 to 1.283; P=0.006]. In addition, HVPG was an independent risk factor for hospital mortality within 4 weeks (RR 1.133; 95% CI: 1.021 to 0.539; P=0.016). Conclusions: Post-TIPS liver failure is a serious complication in patients with cirrhosis. Pre-TIPS HVPG level may be used as a predictor of potential short-term postoperative adverse events.

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hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG)Liver failuretransjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS)variceal hemorrhage

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