Editorial: cardiac volume overload and pulmonary hypertension in long‐term follow‐up of TIPSS patients

Procedural and shunt‐related complications and mortality of the transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPSS)

“…Since our study was focused on complications and did not evaluate predictors of survival, our results are not in contrast to previous findings showing that diastolic dysfunction predicts survival after TIPSS . It is also in agreement with a recent study on cardiac dysfunction in cirrhotic patients with or without TIPSS waiting for liver transplantation . This study found a mild increase in pulmonary arterial systolic pressure and left cardiac diameters, but the E/A ratio did not change significantly and systolic function even improved after TIPSS.…”

Editorial: cardiac volume overload and pulmonary hypertension in long‐term follow‐up of TIPSS patients – authors’ reply

“…With great interest we read the editorial by Rössle et al . on our recent article regarding the echocardiographic long‐term follow‐up in patients with a TIPSS .…”

Letter: cardiovascular complications in patients with transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt – the necessity for regular cardiac surveillance

“…Prevalence of pulmonary hypertension, especially portopulmonary hypertension (1.9%) reported in this article, was at a relatively low level, which agrees with results from the literature . As stated in the editorial, whether TIPSS can increase incidence of pulmonary hypertension still needs further confirmation . Based on current evidence, I think it is important to summarise the characteristics of these patients and seek out patients at high risk rather than conduct regular cardiac surveillance in all patients.…”