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Fig. 4

From: Portal flow diversion based on portography is superior than puncture site in the prediction of overt hepatic encephalopathy after TIPS creation

Fig. 4

Change of ammonia level before and after TIPS creation. A and C Ammonia level before and at 3 days after procedure from 122 patients. B and D Ammonia level before and at 1 month after procedure from 75 patients. A, B In scatterplots, points below the diagonal line represent cases with the 3 days/1 month ammonia lever lower than the baseline level, and points above the diagonal line represent cases with the 3 days/1 month ammonia level higher than the baseline level. C, D Boxplots show the median (interquartile range) of ammonia level. P value were calculated using Mann–Whitney U tests

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