Presentation is loading. Please wait.

Presentation is loading. Please wait.

Should the Presence of Spontaneous Portosystemic Shunts Be Implemented to the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Score for a Better Prediction of Outcome? 

Similar presentations


Presentation on theme: "Should the Presence of Spontaneous Portosystemic Shunts Be Implemented to the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Score for a Better Prediction of Outcome? "— Presentation transcript:

1 Should the Presence of Spontaneous Portosystemic Shunts Be Implemented to the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Score for a Better Prediction of Outcome?  Maeva Guillaume, Christophe Bureau  Gastroenterology  Volume 154, Issue 6, Pages (May 2018) DOI: /j.gastro Copyright © 2018 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions

2 Figure 1 Main spontaneous portosystemic shunts observed in patients with cirrhosis. (1) Para esophageal varices, (2) esophageal varices, (3) posterior gastric veins, (4) short gastric vein, (5) left gastric vein, (6) gastrorenal shunt, (7) splenorenal shunt, (8) IMV caval shunt, (9) mesenteric varices, (10) mesocaval shunt, (11) paraumbilical vein, (12) inferior epigastric vein, and (13) rectal varices. ICV, inferior caval vein; IMV, inferior mesenteric vein; PV, portal vein; SCV, superior caval vein; SMV, superior mesenteric vein; SV, splenic vein. (Illustration by Dr Emmanuel Lagier). Gastroenterology  , DOI: ( /j.gastro ) Copyright © 2018 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions


Download ppt "Should the Presence of Spontaneous Portosystemic Shunts Be Implemented to the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Score for a Better Prediction of Outcome? "

Similar presentations


Ads by Google