The aim of this study was to determine the prognostic relevance of the portal pressure gradient (PPG) before and after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent shunt (TIPS) insertion in patients with liver cirrhosis and recurrent oesophageal variceal bleeding.
Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital of Bonn, University of Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, Bonn, Germany. erwin.biecker@helios-kliniken.de