The Relationship and Changes of Liver Blood Supply, Portal Pressure Gradient, and Liver Volume following TIPS in Cirrhosis

Table 2

Comparisons of iodine density, portal pressure gradient, and liver volume before and after TIPS.

Items	Pre-TIPS	Post-TIPS	value
Hepatic parenchyma
Left lobe of liver (mg/ml)
AP	0.26 ± 0.18	0.42 ± 0.20	0.001
VP	1.51 ± 0.34	1.47 ± 0.32	0.647
Right lobe of liver (mg/ml)
AP	0.21 ± 0.16	0.34 ± 0.23	0.011
VP	1.46 ± 0.34	1.40 ± 0.29	0.408
Caudate lobe (mg/ml)
AP	0.35 ± 0.19	0.49 ± 0.31	0.066
VP	1.72 ± 0.28	1.54 ± 0.43	0.073
Whole liver (mg/ml)
AP	0.27 ± 0.16	0.41 ± 0.23	0.006
VP	1.56 ± 0.30	1.48 ± 0.33	0.377
Portal vein (mg/ml)
AP	1.55 ± 0.90	3.85 ± 1.86	<0.001
VP	4.48 ± 1.26	5.92 ± 2.69	0.073
Aorta (mg/ml)
AP	11.48 ± 3.28	9.64 ± 2.08	0.013
VP	4.06 ± 0.67	4.16 ± 0.86	0.652
PPG (mmHg)	28.72 ± 2.99	20.08 ± 3.70	<0.001
Liver volume (cm^3)	976.85 ± 325.33	862.35 ± 307.09	0.010

AP: arterial phase; VP: venous phase; PPG: portal pressure gradient; the bold presented the value less than 0.05.