How do you decide between proceeding with elective TIPS versus delaying for right-heart catheterization (and possible pulmonary hypertension therapy) when pre-TIPS TTE is borderline (e.g., mildly elevated TR velocity with preserved RV function) but portal decompression is clinically needed?

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Hepatology · University of Toronto

Can measure the pulmonary pressure at the time of TIPS with a proviso not to proceed if there is pulmonary hypertension.