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TIPS revision

Date: Dec 13, 2018

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Is this considered TIPS revision? "Due to clinical concern for TIPS shunt physiology effect on cardiac status, along with no appreciable improvement from it with regard to the patient's ascites and hydrothorax, the TIPS was embolized with a 14 mm Amplatzer Plug Version 2, after which it didn't appear near occluded and is anticipated to go on to completely occlude. This should be confirmed with a Doppler ultrasound in a few days."

Question ID : 11772
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