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. 2006 Jun;55(6):761–763. doi: 10.1136/gut.2005.078048

Table 1 Mean survival rates according to baseline prognostic indices in recently reported cohorts of Budd Chiari syndrome patients.

PI ⩽ 5.4* (% survival (n)) PI > 5.4 (% survival (n)) Class I** (% survival (n)) Class II (% survival (n)) Class III (% survival (n))
1 y survival
 Eapen5 100 (25) 89 (36) 100 (16) 94 (32) 85 (13)
 Zeitoun23 100 (60) 77 (60)
 Murad24 93 (55) 85 (95) 60 (55)
5 y survival
 Eapen5 89 (25) 82 (36) 100 (16) 86 (32) 77 (13)
 Zeitoun23 95 (60) 62 (60)
 Murad24 89 (55) 74 (95) 42 (55)

In the study by Eapen et al, all patients were treated with interventional radiology. In the studies of Zeitoun et al and Murad et al, patients were predominantly treated with medical means and/or surgical shunting.

*PI, prognostic index according to Zeitoun and colleagues.23

**Class according to Murad and colleagues.24