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Vı́ctor Vargas

University of Chile · ES
Area of research
Hepatology · Epidemiology
Research interest
Research interests include Liver Disease and Transplantation, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Hepatitis C virus research, and Liver Diseases and Immunity.
h-index
61
citations
19,104
works
283
NIH funding
primary concept
Medicine
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Recent publications

Real-World Use of Terlipressin in Cirrhosis and Acute Kidney Injury: Frequent Use Beyond Hepatorenal Syndrome.
2026cited by 1position: contributordoi
Factors Associated With Progression, Resolution and Mortality of Patients With Overt Hepatic Encephalopathy.
2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
Assessment of sarcopenia in cirrhosis: A practical approach using thigh and psoas ultrasound, bioimpedance, and anthropometry.
2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
Simvastatin and Rifaximin in Decompensated Cirrhosis: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
2025cited by 20position: contributordoi
Global epidemiology of acute kidney injury in hospitalised patients with decompensated cirrhosis: the International Club of Ascites GLOBAL AKI prospective, multicentre, cohort study.
2025cited by 12position: contributordoi
Targeted inhibition of pathobiont virulence factor mitigates alcohol-associated liver disease
Cell Host & Microbe 2025cited by 9position: middledoi
Gene score to quantify systemic inflammation in patients with acutely decompensated cirrhosis.
2025cited by 7position: contributordoi
Targeted inhibition of pathobiont virulence factor mitigates alcohol-associated liver disease.
2025cited by 6position: contributordoi
Low penetrance of frequent ATP7B mutations explains the low prevalence of Wilson disease. Lessons from real-life registries.
2025cited by 3position: contributordoi
Viral antibody response predicts morbidity and mortality in alcohol-associated hepatitis.
2025cited by 3position: contributordoi
The effects of elafibranor in people with primary biliary cholangitis: a plain language summary
Future Rare Diseases 2025cited by 1position: contributordoi
PD-L1 and the risk of bacterial infection in patients with chronic liver diseases: An international multicohort study.
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Genetic map of Wilson disease in Spain - A great tool to improve diagnosis and screening.
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Efficacy and Safety of Elafibranor in Primary Biliary Cholangitis.
2024cited by 185position: contributordoi
Clinical, experimental and pathophysiological effects of Yaq-001: a non-absorbable, gut-restricted adsorbent in models and patients with cirrhosis
Gut 2024cited by 21position: middledoi
Faecal proteomics links neutrophil degranulation with mortality in patients with alcohol-associated hepatitis
Gut 2024cited by 11position: middledoi
Determinants of clinical response to empirical antibiotic treatment in patients with cirrhosis and bacterial and fungal infections-Results from the ICA "Global Study" (EABCIR-Global Study).
2024cited by 11position: contributordoi
Clinical, experimental and pathophysiological effects of Yaq-001: a non-absorbable, gut-restricted adsorbent in models and patients with cirrhosis.
2024cited by 11position: contributordoi
An artificial intelligence-generated model predicts 90-day survival in alcohol-associated hepatitis: A global cohort study.
2024cited by 11position: contributordoi
Serum aryl hydrocarbon receptor activity is associated with survival in patients with alcohol-associated hepatitis.
2024cited by 5position: contributordoi
Prophylactic antibiotics in patients with alcohol-associated hepatitis receiving steroids: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
2024cited by 4position: contributordoi
Frailty and sarcopenia in patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure: Assessment and risk in the liver transplant setting.
2024cited by 4position: contributordoi
Faecal proteomics links neutrophil degranulation with mortality in patients with alcohol-associated hepatitis.
2024cited by 4position: contributordoi
Relationship between updated MELD and prognosis in alcohol-associated hepatitis: Opportunities for more efficient trial design.
2024cited by 3position: contributordoi
Development and external validation of a model to predict multidrug-resistant bacterial infections in patients with cirrhosis.
2024cited by 3position: contributordoi
Bacterial Infection Features in Alcohol-Associated Hepatitis: Review of a 2016-2021 Cohort.
2024cited by 1position: contributordoi
Bacterial Infections Features in Alcohol-Associated Hepatitis: Review of a 2016–2021 Cohort
2024cited by 0position: contributordoi
Efficacy and Safety of Elafibranor in Primary Biliary Cholangitis
New England Journal of Medicine 2023cited by 245position: middledoi
A phase IIa active-comparator-controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of efinopegdutide in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
2023cited by 144position: contributordoi
Seladelpar efficacy and safety at 3 months in patients with primary biliary cholangitis: ENHANCE, a phase 3, randomized, placebo-controlled study
Hepatology 2023cited by 109position: middledoi

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Frequent collaborators

Juan G. Abraldeṣ · University of Alberta19 papers (2019–2024)Jonel Trebicka · University Hospital Münster15 papers (2019–2026)Philippe Mathurin · Université Lille Nord de France13 papers (2019–2024)Debbie L. Shawcross · King's College School13 papers (2019–2025)Paolo Caraceni · Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna13 papers (2019–2024) · 13 papers (2019–2026)Salvatore Piano · Frontier Medical College10 papers (2019–2026)Wim Laleman · Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam10 papers (2019–2026)Rafael Banares · Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy9 papers (2019–2025)Aleksander Krag · Odense University Hospital9 papers (2019–2026)Richard Moreau · KU Leuven9 papers (2019–2025)Tony Bruns · Friedrich Schiller University Jena7 papers (2019–2025)Manuela Merli · University College London7 papers (2019–2023)Elisa Pose · Medical Research Network7 papers (2020–2025)Vicente Arroyo · European Foundation for the Study of Chronic Liver Failure7 papers (2019–2020)Ramon Bataller · Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis6 papers (2019–2022)Juan José Lozano · Artistic Realization Technologies6 papers (2020–2025)Pere Ginès · Centre for Biomedical Network Research on Rare Diseases6 papers (2019–2022)José Altamirano · Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona5 papers (2018–2024)Andrea de Gottardi · Università della Svizzera italiana5 papers (2019–2022)