A transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS for short ... isn’t recommended for those with liver cancer or if the portal vein is blocked by a blood clot. You should not have this ...

Symptoms may be caused by blood flowing directly from the intestines and spleen into the systemic veins (portosystemic shunts ...

This obviates the need for more hazardous portoatrial, cavoatrial, or mesoinnominate shunts. When the portal vein is thrombosed and the superior mesenteric vein is patent, liver transplantation ...