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Accepted contraindications to TIPS [14]
| Significant pulmonary hypertension |
| Heart failure or severe cardiac valvular insufficiency |
| Rapidly progressive live failure |
| Severe or uncontrolled hepatic encephalopathy |
| Uncontrolled systemic infection or sepsis |
| Unrelieved biliary obstruction |
| Polycystic liver disease |
| Extensive primary or metastatic hepatic malignancy |
