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Published online before print February 27, 2004, 10.1148/radiol.2311030967

(Radiology 2004;231:231.)

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Survival after Elective Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Creation: Prediction with Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Score1

Hector Ferral, MD, Pablo Gamboa, MD, Darren W. Postoak, MD, Vanessa S. Albernaz, MD, Carmen R. Young, RN, Kermitt V. Speeg, MD and C. Alex McMahan, PhD

1 From the Dept of Radiology, Div of Cardiovascular and Special Interventions (H.F., D.W.P., C.R.Y.), Dept of Medicine, Div of Gastroenterology and Nutrition (K.V.S.), and Dept of Pathology (C.A.M.), University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio; Dept of Radiology, Div of Interventional Radiology, Ohio State University, Columbus (P.G.); and Dept of Radiology, Vascular and Interventional Radiology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC (V.S.A.). Received June 23, 2003; revision requested August 29; revision received September 22; accepted October 21. Address correspondence to H.F., Affiliated Radiologists, SC, 1725 W Harrison St, Suite 456, Chicago, IL 60612 (e-mail: hferral@rushradiology.org).



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  		Figure 1. Kaplan-Meier survival curves based on two institutions show no differences.

 


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  		Figure 2. Kaplan-Meier survival curves based on MELD scores show a significant decrease in patient survival with increasing MELD score.

 


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  		Figure 3. Kaplan-Meier survival curves based on indication for TIPS creation show significantly higher mortality in patients who underwent TIPS creation to treat refractory ascites.

 




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