Management of refractory hepatic encephalopathy after insertion of TIPS: long-term results of shunt reduction with hourglass-shaped balloon-expandable stent-graft.

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Published in AJR Am J Roentgenol on December 01, 2009

Authors

Fabrizio Fanelli1, Filippo Maria Salvatori, Paolo Rabuffi, Emanuele Boatta, Oliviero Riggio, Pierleone Lucatelli, Roberto Passariello

Author Affiliations

1: Vascular and Interventional Radiology Unit, Department of Radiological Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale Regina Elena, 324-00161 Rome, Italy. fabrizio.fanelli@uniroma1.it

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