Author Details

Name: Arnulf Ferlitsch

Affiliations: Vienna Hepatic Hemodynamic Lab, Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Barcelona Hepatic Hemodynamic Lab, Liver Unit, Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain; Department of Internal Medicine I, Gastroenterology and Nephrology, St. John of God Hospital, Vienna, Austria.

Publications

• 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.

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