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. 2012 Oct 2;7(10):e46681. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046681

Figure 5. ALFF values of ACC in ten cirrhotic patients who underwent per-TIPS and median 8-day follow-up MRI studies.

Figure 5

Of these ten patients undergoing the 8-day follow-up MRI studies, only one with slight increase rate of ALFF values in the ACC (<10%, red color line) experienced overt HE during the 3-month follow-up observation. All other nine patients with moderate to large increase rate of ACC ALFF values (>20%) did not have overt HE in the following follow-up observations (green color line). Blue triangle indicates ACC ALFF values in ten patients before TIPS; Red rectangle represents ACC ALFF values in the same patients who repeated the 8-day follow-up MRI studies. ALFF  =  amplitude of low frequency fluctuation; ACC  =  anterior cingulate cortex; TIPS  =  Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt.