Publication Name	World Journal of Gastroenterology
Manuscript ID	4380
Country	South Korea

Received	2013-06-28 16:25
Peer-Review Started	2013-06-28 18:44
To Make the First Decision	2013-08-21 18:35
Return for Revision	2013-08-22 19:39
Revised	2013-09-12 15:44
Second Decision	2013-09-29 10:05
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Company Editor-in-Chief	2013-09-29 21:43
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Edit the Manuscript by Language Editor	2013-12-04 17:01
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Category	Hematology
Manuscript Type	Autobiography
Article Title	Assessment of risk of complications in cirrhosis using portal thallium scans
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Hye-Jin Tae, Dae-Won Jun, Yun-Young Choi, Min-Jung Kwak and Min-Ho Lee
Funding Agency and Grant Number	Funding Agency Grant Number Research Fund of Hanyang University HY-2011-MC
Corresponding Author	Dae-Won Jun, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University School of Medicine, 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 133-792, South Korea. noshin@hanyang.ac.kr
Key Words	Liver cirrhosis; Portosystemic shunt; Decompensation
Core Tip	After rectal thallium instillation, radioactive isotope activity in the heart and liver was measured (the shunt index). It was higher in the varices group, the hepatic encephalopathy group, and the variceal bleeding group than in the control group (P < 0.001). Multivariate analysis showed that the index was an independent risk factor for predicting decompensated liver cirrhosis. When the shunt index was greater than 0.75, there was a significant increase in the number of decompensated events. The thallium shunt index is a good predictor of cirrhosis-related complications.
Publish Date	2014-01-20 17:10
Citation	Tae HJ, Jun DW, Choi YY, Kwak MJ, Lee MH. Assessment of risk of complications in cirrhosis using portal thallium scans. World J Gastroenterol 2014; 20(1): 228-234
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v20/i1/228.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v20.i1.228

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