Author Details

Name: Rafael Bañares

Affiliations: Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.

Publications

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

• 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.

• Non-invasive tests for clinically significant portal hypertension after HCV cure.

• 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.

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