The Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Improves Survival in Patients with Acute Variceal Bleeding: Evidence beyond Randomized Controlled Trials

J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2020 Sep;31(9):1392-1393. doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2020.07.001.

Authors

Martin Rössle¹, Dominik Bettinger², Michael Schultheiss²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Freiburg, Praxiszentrum, Bertoldstrasse 48, 79098, Freiburg, Germany. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Freiburg, Praxiszentrum, Bertoldstrasse 48, 79098, Freiburg, Germany.

PMID: 32868014
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2020.07.001

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Esophageal and Gastric Varices* / diagnostic imaging
Esophageal and Gastric Varices* / etiology
Esophageal and Gastric Varices* / surgery
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / diagnostic imaging
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / therapy
Humans
Liver Cirrhosis
Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic* / adverse effects
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic