Special Focus Session

SF 11b - Diagnosis and management of pathological portosystemic shunts

February 27, 16:00 - 17:30 CET

5 min

Chairperson's introduction

Pedro Filipe Goncalves Teixeira Sousa, Porto / Portugal

25 min

Clinical manifestations of portosystemic shunts: congenital vs acquired

Luis Tellez Villajos, Madrid / Spain

To understand the terminology and classification of portosystemic shunts.
To understand the prevalence and risk factors of portosystemic shunts in patients with cirrhosis and without cirrhosis.
To understand the portosystemic shunts' clinical indications for treatment and options available.

25 min

Diagnostic imaging of portosystemic shunts

Pedro Cabral de Melo Pereira, Vila Nova de Gaia / Portugal

To understand the indications for non-invasive diagnostic imaging of portosystemic shunts.
To understand which imaging technique should be applied to different clinical scenarios.
To understand the essential protocol for angio-CT in the context of portosystemic shunts.
To recognise the imaging signs of portosystemic shunts and how to report them.

25 min

Endovascular management of portosystemic shunts: the role of interventional radiology

Charlotte Ebeling Barbier, Uppsala / Sweden

To name the relevant materials and infrastructure needed for the IR management of portosystemic shunts.
To summarise and compare IR treatments' results.
To analyse the role of IR in the management of portosystemic shunts in comparison with surgical and other treatment options.

10 min

Panel discussion: The radiologists in the multidisciplinary management of pathological portosystemic shunts: are we sufficiently involved in the decision process?