Comparative results of Doppler sonography after TIPS using covered and bare stents.
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).


CONCLUSIONS
Routine baseline Doppler sonography should occur 7-14 days after shunt placement unless malfunction or procedural complications are suspected.
Lake
Douglas
D
Division of Ultrasound, Medical University of South Carolina, 169 Ashley Ave., Charleston, SC 29425, USA.
Guimaraes
Marcelo
M
Ackerman
Susan
S
Hannegan
Christopher
C
Schonholz
Claudio
C
Selby
J Bayne
JB
Uflacker
Renan
R
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019168:Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015607:Stents; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler