To determine if ultrasound measurements can accurately measure the blood pressure of flow across a stent that has been placed in a portal vein to reduce portal vein pressure known as Transjugular Intrahepatic Porto-Systemic shunts or TIPS.
To determine if 3D ultrasound measurements can accurately measure the pressure of blood flow across a stent that has been placed in a portal vein. This has been done in order to reduce portal vein pressure. These shunts are known as Transjugular Intrahepatic Porto-Systemic shunts or TIPS.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
18
Subjects who have a TIPS (transjugular intrahepatic portal-systemic shunt) for portal hypertension will undergo a clinical 3D ultrasound to determine if the TIPS is working properly. Additional ultrasounds will be obtained during the subject's clinically ordered ultrasound(s). These measurements will be taken by using a second ultrasound probe (plastic hand held device that is rubbed along the subject's abdomen). 15 minutes will be added to your clinically ordered exams that are completed 4 times a year.
University of Michigan Hospital
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Estimate portal blood flow within a transjugular portosystemic shunt
To determine the number of volumes to achieve a specified variance in the measurement and to determine the reproducibility of the volume flow measurements taken at multiple locations within the stent (3 locations with 3 measurements each for a total of 9 acquisitions). The physicians will measure volume flow rate three times at three different locations in the shunt (that being proximal, medial and distal) to determine the reproducibility of the flow estimate.
Time frame: 4 years
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