Table 1.

Patient Characteristics before and 2 and 12 Weeks after TIPS Placement

Characteristic	Patient 1	Patient 2	Patient 3	Patient 4	Patient 5	Patient 6	Patient 7
Age (y)	63	34	59	54	46	54	54
Sex	Male	Male	Male	Female	Male	Male	Male
Disease	Alcoholic cirrhosis	Nodular regenerative hyperplasia	Alcoholic cirrhosis, hepatitis C	Alcoholic cirrhosis, hepatitis C	Idiopathic cirrhosis	Cirrhosis, NASH	Cirrhosis, NASH
TIPS Indication	Refractory ascites	Refractory ascites	Refractory ascites	Refractory ascites	Refractory ascites	Refractory ascites	Refractory ascites
TIPS device	10 mm × 8 cm	10 mm × 8 cm	10 mm × 8 cm	10 mm × 8 cm	10 mm × 8 cm	10 mm × 7 cm	10 mm × 8 cm
Before TIPS
Child-Pugh score	9	7	8	9	6	7	7
MELD score	15	9	14	8	13	15	7
Ascites grade	Large	Large	Large	Large	Large	Large	Large
HE present	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Pressure gradient* (mm Hg)	18 (7)	14 (9)	20 (10)	14 (6)	28 (18)	12 (4)	8 (3)
2 weeks after TIPS
Child-Pugh score	12	9	7	8	6	7	6
MELD score	16	9	12	8	13	15	10
Ascites grade	Large	Moderate	Moderate	Mild	Large	Moderate	Mild
HE present	No	No	Severe	No	No	Severe	No
12 weeks after TIPS
Child-Pugh score	9	8	8	7	7	10	6
MELD score	16	12	12	10	12	20	7
Ascites grade	Moderate	Mild	Mild	Mild	Large	Mild	Mild
HE present	No	No	Mild	No	No	Mild	No

Note.—Patient 5 had persistent post TIPS high portosystemic pressure gradient and refractory ascites. All TIPS were Viatorr stent grafts. HE = hepatic encephalopathy, MELD = Model for End-Stage Liver Disease, NASH = nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.

^*Data are before TIPS placement, and data in parentheses are after TIPS placement.