| Literature DB >> 26404041 |
Hui Juan Chen1, Gang Zheng1,2, Julian L Wichmann3,4, U Joseph Schoepf3, Guang Ming Lu1, Long Jiang Zhang5.
Abstract
Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a common complication after implantation of a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS). Neuroimaging offers a variety of techniques for non-invasive evaluation of alterations in metabolism, as well as structural and functional changes of the brain in patients after TIPS implantation. In this article, we review the epidemiology and pathophysiology of post-TIPS HE. The potential of neuroimaging including positron emission tomography and multimodality magnetic resonance imaging to investigate the pathophysiology of post-TIPS HE is presented. We also give a perspective on the role of neuroimaging in this field.Entities:
Keywords: Blood oxygenation level dependent functional magnetic resonance imaging; Hepatic encephalopathy; Magnetic perfusion imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Positron emission tomography; Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26404041 DOI: 10.1007/s11011-015-9735-4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Metab Brain Dis ISSN: 0885-7490 Impact factor: 3.584