Christian Jansen1, Philipp Möller1, Carsten Meyer2, Carl Christian Kolbe3, Christopher Bogs1, Alessandra Pohlmann1, Robert Schierwagen1, Michael Praktiknjo1, Zeinab Abdullah4, Jennifer Lehmann1, Daniel Thomas2, Christian P Strassburg1, Eicke Latz3,5, Sebastian Mueller6, Martin Rössle7, Jonel Trebicka1,8,9,10. 1. Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany. 2. Department of Radiology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany. 3. Institute of Innate Immunity, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany. 4. Institute of Experimental Immunology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany. 5. University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA. 6. Center for Alcohol Research, University of Heidelberg and Salem Medical Center, Heidelberg, Germany. 7. Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany. 8. European Foundation for the Study of Chronic Liver Failure, Barcelona, Spain. 9. Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark. 10. Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain.
Abstract
Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) efficiently treats complications of portal hypertension. Liver and spleen stiffness might predict clinically significant portal hypertension. This prospective study investigated liver stiffness in patients receiving TIPS regardless of indication. Of 83 included patients, 16 underwent transient elastography immediately before and 30 minutes after TIPS (acute group), while 67 received shear wave elastography of liver and spleen 1 day before and 7 days after TIPS (chronic group) and were followed further. In blood samples obtained before TIPS from cubital, portal, and hepatic veins, levels of several interleukins (IL1b, IL6, IL8, IL10, IL18) and interferon-gamma were analyzed. In 27 patients (5 acute, 22 chronic), it resulted in an increase in liver stiffness of >10%. In 56 patients, liver stiffness decreased or remained unchanged (<10%). Importantly, spleen stiffness measured by shear wave elastography decreased in all patients (chronic group). None of the clinical or laboratory parameters differed between patients with increase in liver stiffness and those without. Of note, patients with increased liver stiffness showed higher overall and/or hepatic venous levels of proinflammatory cytokines at TIPS and higher incidence of organ failure and worse survival after TIPS. C-reactive protein values and increase of >10% in liver stiffness after TIPS were the only independent predictors of mortality in these patients. CONCLUSION: This study demonstrates that the presence of systemic inflammation predisposes patients to develop increased liver stiffness after TIPS, a predictor of organ failure and death. (NCT03072615) (Hepatology 2018;67:1472-1484).
Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) efficiently treats complications of portal hypertension. Liver and spleen stiffness might predict clinically significant portal hypertension. This prospective study investigated liver stiffness in patients receiving TIPS regardless of indication. Of 83 included patients, 16 underwent transient elastography immediately before and 30 minutes after TIPS (acute group), while 67 received shear wave elastography of liver and spleen 1 day before and 7 days after TIPS (chronic group) and were followed further. In blood samples obtained before TIPS from cubital, portal, and hepatic veins, levels of several interleukins (IL1b, IL6, IL8, IL10, IL18) and interferon-gamma were analyzed. In 27 patients (5 acute, 22 chronic), it resulted in an increase in liver stiffness of >10%. In 56 patients, liver stiffness decreased or remained unchanged (<10%). Importantly, spleen stiffness measured by shear wave elastography decreased in all patients (chronic group). None of the clinical or laboratory parameters differed between patients with increase in liver stiffness and those without. Of note, patients with increased liver stiffness showed higher overall and/or hepatic venous levels of proinflammatory cytokines at TIPS and higher incidence of organ failure and worse survival after TIPS. C-reactive protein values and increase of >10% in liver stiffness after TIPS were the only independent predictors of mortality in these patients. CONCLUSION: This study demonstrates that the presence of systemic inflammation predisposes patients to develop increased liver stiffness after TIPS, a predictor of organ failure and death. (NCT03072615) (Hepatology 2018;67:1472-1484).
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