Changes in liver and spleen stiffness after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt and their relationship with prognosis

Figure 1 A schematic diagram of ultrasound measurement of liver and spleen stiffness. A: Liver sound touch quantify (STQ); B: Spleen STQ.

Figure 2 Change of liver and spleen stiffness pre- and post-transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt. TIPS: Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt.

Figure 3 Correlation scatter plot between preoperative portal pressure gradient and liver and spleen stiffness. A: Liver sound touch quantify (STQ); B: Spleen STQ. PPG: Preoperative portal pressure gradient; STQ: Sound touch quantify.

Figure 4 Receiver operating characteristic curves of the probability of liver sound touch quantify in predicting prognosis of cirrhotic and portal hypertension patients after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt. STQ: Sound touch quantify; MELD: Model for end-stage liver disease.

Figure 5 Kaplan-Meier survival curves of patients with cirrhotic and portal hypertension after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt by liver sound touch quantify distribution. TIPS: Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt; STQ: Sound touch quantify.