Cardiovascular risk assessment and predictors of cardiac decompensation after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt in patients with cirrhosis

Table 3 Summary of traditional risk factors, by study

Ref.	Advancing age (years)	MELD-Na	Portal vein pressure (mmHg)	QTc (millisecond)	IHD (previous history)	CVA/TIA (previous history)
Modha et al[45]	63.6 vs 57.1 (P = 0.041)1		> 25, P = 0.018
Nguyen et al[47]		21 vs 17, P = 0.037; [HR = 1.08 (1.02-1.14), P = 0.014]			HR = 3.48 (1.53-7.88), P = 0.002	HR = 4.45 (1.52-12.98), P = 0.006
Vanderschueren et al[41]	61.5 vs 67 [HR = 1.05 (1.01-1.09), P = 0.013]
Venner et al[46]	64.3 vs 57.4 [OR = 1.02 (1.01-1.03), P = 0.006]			453 vs 431 [OR = 1.03 (1.00-1.01), P = 0.01]
Wade et al[48]		13.5 vs 17.1 (P = 0.007)

¹Mean age (standard deviation), all other values for age are median (interquartile range).

MELD-Na: Model for end-stage liver disease incorporating serum sodium; QTc: Corrected QT interval (> 440 milliseconds considered prolonged); IHD: Ischaemic heart disease; CVA/TIA: Cerebrovascular accident/transient ischaemic attack; HR: Hazard ratio; OR: Odds ratio.