Portal Hypertension

The University of Miami Health System interventional radiologists use imaging guidance to perform procedures which treat Portal Hypertension or the sequelae of portal hypertension. A transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) is a minimally invasive procedure to create an artificial channel between the portal vein and the hepatic vein. By creating artificial channel between portal vein and hepatic vein, TIPS reduces the pressure within the portal system and thereby reduces or alleviates the effect of portal hypertension such as ascites, pleural effusion or variceal bleeding.

Our portal hypertension specialists also perform advanced Portal Vein Reconstruction (PVR) TIPS in the setting of chronic occlusion of the main portal vein in this subset of patients. Additional services include Balloon Occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration (BRTO) of Gastric Varices.