title: Ultrasound surveillance of tips--why bother?
authors.affiliation: Division of Hematology/Oncology, UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: LaBerge
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Feldstein
mesh_terms: D004311:Double-Blind Method; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000601:surgery; D019168:Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D018616:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex; D014654:Vascular Patency