From: The association between character of portal blood flow and post-TIPS incidence of hepatic encephalopathy
Hepatofugal group (no. = 19)
Hepatopetal group (no. = 30)
t test
P value
Mean ± SD
MAP before
76.8 ± 7.1
80.9 ± 7.5
1.91
0.06
MAP after
76.4 ± 6.2
79.7 ± 6.1
1.85
0.07
MELD
11.7 ± 3.3
12.8 ± 4.8
0.46
0.64