Prophylactic Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Placement for Cirrhosis Management in Pregnancy

Hepatology. 2020 May;71(5):1876-1878. doi: 10.1002/hep.31081.

Authors

Shruti Chandramouli¹, William M Lee^{1

2}, Julie Lo³, Seth Toomay⁴, Shannan Tujios^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
⁴ Department of Interventional Radiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.

PMID: 31863592
DOI: 10.1002/hep.31081

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Blood Loss, Surgical / prevention & control*
Esophageal and Gastric Varices / diagnostic imaging
Esophageal and Gastric Varices / etiology*
Esophageal and Gastric Varices / surgery*
Female
Hepatic Encephalopathy / etiology
Humans
Liver Cirrhosis / complications*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic*
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications / surgery*