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Objectives: To evaluate the relationship between chronological course and complications after PVS for refractory ascites in liver cirrhosis patients. Materials and Methods: This was a retrospective study of 14 patients with refractory ascites associated with decompensated cirrhosis who underwent PVS placement between June 2011 and June 2023. The clinical characteristics, changes in cardiothoracic ratio (CTR), and laboratory data (i.e., brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), D-dimer, platelet) were evaluated. Follow-up CT images in eight patients were also evaluated for ascites and complications. Results: No serious complication associated with the procedure occurred in any case. Transient increases in BNP and D-dimer levels, decreased platelet counts, and the worsening of CTR were observed in the 2 days after PVS; however, they were improved in 7 days in all cases except one. In the follow-up CT, the amount of ascites decreased in all patients, but one patient with a continuous increase in D-dimer 2 and 7 days after PVS had thrombotic disease (renal and splenic infarction). The mean PVS patency was 345.4 days, and the median survival after PVS placement was 474.4 days. Conclusions: PVS placement for refractory ascites is a technically feasible palliative therapy. The combined evaluation of chronological changes in BNP, D-dimer, platelet count and CTR, and follow-up CT images may be useful for the early prediction of the efficacy and complications of PVS.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/tomography10040036","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,25]],"date-time":"2024-03-25T14:14:12Z","timestamp":1711376052000},"page":"471-479","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Chronological Course and Clinical Features after Denver Peritoneovenous Shunt Placement in Decompensated Liver Cirrhosis"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Shingo","family":"Koyama","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama 236-0004, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6923-365X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Asako","family":"Nogami","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama 236-0004, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7815-549X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Masato","family":"Yoneda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama 236-0004, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shihyao","family":"Cheng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama 236-0004, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yuya","family":"Koike","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Interventional Radiology, Saiseikai Yokohama Nanbu Hospital, Yokohama 234-0054, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yuka","family":"Takeuchi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama 236-0004, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Michihiro","family":"Iwaki","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama 236-0004, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7240-4851","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Takashi","family":"Kobayashi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama 236-0004, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5666-5218","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Satoru","family":"Saito","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama 236-0004, Japan"},{"name":"Department of Gastroenterology, Sanno Hospital, Tokyo 107-0052, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1723-1724","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Daisuke","family":"Utsunomiya","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama 236-0004, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Atsushi","family":"Nakajima","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama 236-0004, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"3668","article-title":"Percutaneous implant of Denver peritoneo-venous shunt for treatment of refractory ascites: A single center retrospective study","volume":"21","author":"Piccirillo","year":"2017","journal-title":"Eur. 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