Comparative results of Doppler sonography after TIPS using covered and bare stents
Douglas Lake1, Marcelo Guimaraes, Susan Ackerman
1Division of Ultrasound, Medical University of South Carolina, 169 Ashley Ave., Charleston, SC 29425, USA.
AJR. American Journal of Roentgenology
|March 24, 2006
Abstract
Objective:
Our purpose was to evaluate the role of sonography in the early follow-up of patients with a covered transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS).
Conclusion:
Routine baseline Doppler sonography should occur 7-14 days after shunt placement unless malfunction or procedural complications are suspected.
