Acute PVT and TIPS

Idolwild, welcome. I'm a bit confused, though. PVT=Paroxysmal Ventral Tachycardia, a heart condition. I've only heard of a TIPS being done for intractible ascites. The main risk with TIPS in a liver patient is that HE (hepatic encephalopathy) can get worse. I don't think it has a high mortality rate in these patients.

I feel you may be in the wrong forum. Perhaps you should check out a cardiac forum.

Hugs,
Connie

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hep93
Forum moderator - Hepatitis


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Liver transplant recipient, Oct. 27, 2011, at Mayo Hospital, Jacksonville, FL

Connie,

I think idol wind was referring to portal vein thrombosis.

Idolwind,

I had the tips Feb 2011 for an old portal vein clot which compromised my portal vein. They were successful in removing the clot.

I have had no problems with my tips except for stenosis which has required 2 revisions. I do have cirrhosis due to idiopathic hepatitis and waiting for a transplant. My tips was explained to me as a bridge to transplant.

Do ask the interventional radiologist how many tips he has done and the mortality rate.Since I need a transplant, the decision to do the tips was a no brainier.

Idolwild , TIPS in most cases such as mine is a temporary fix to a long term problem , It can have adverse effects like Hepatic Encephalopathy increase , It could simply not flow properly and clog . As with any surgery performed under anesthetics you may not wake up . The shunt insertion device that is inserted into the neck and maneuvered down a vein to the liver could possibly damage another organ or vein during it's travel .

The statistics aren't great and they get worse the further out from the operation , My Hepatologist was very upfront about all this info prior to surgery . I am roughly 4 years out since the surgery , That tends to be the average for problems to arise . I am happy to report that all seems fine so far and it's being monitored closely every 3 months now since I've hit the 4 year point . I just got back from a day at the docs office Monday and should know results tomorrow .

The point of doing the surgery is to hopefully provide you with quality of life until it's time for a transplant , I was in pretty bad pain and at my ropes end when the option came available . " It's about quality of life not quantity " as my doctor put it , I should mention that there are a number of cases that patients have exceeded 10 years or died from causes not related to TIPS .


A. Ziffle

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