Author Details

Name: José Luis Calleja

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

Publications

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.