Author Details

Name: Alexander Zipprich

Affiliations: First Department of Internal Medicine, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany.

Publications

• Pre-emptive TIPS should be considered in high-risk patients with both acute variceal bleeding and severe alcohol-related hepatitis.

• Hepatic venous pressure gradient predicts risk of hepatic decompensation and liver-related mortality in patients with MASLD.

• Evolution of spontaneous portosystemic shunts over time and following aetiological intervention in patients with cirrhosis.

• Predicting survival in patients with 'non-high-risk' acute variceal bleeding receiving β-blockers+ligation to prevent re-bleeding.

• Alcohol-related liver disease phenotype impacts survival after an acute variceal bleeding episode.

• Hepatic encephalopathy is not a contraindication to pre-emptive TIPS in high-risk patients with cirrhosis with variceal bleeding.

• Bacterial infections in patients with acute variceal bleeding in the era of antibiotic prophylaxis.

• Rebleeding and mortality risk are increased by ACLF but reduced by pre-emptive TIPS.

• Letter: improve survival! Place early pre-emptive TIPSS in high-risk variceal bleeders.

• Total area of spontaneous portosystemic shunts independently predicts hepatic encephalopathy and mortality in liver cirrhosis.

• Preemptive-TIPS Improves Outcome in High-Risk Variceal Bleeding: An Observational Study.

• Association Between Portosystemic Shunts and Increased Complications and Mortality in Patients With Cirrhosis.