ALB and Cirrhosis: The CTP score, validated in cirrhosis patients undergoing surgical esophageal varix ligation/TIPS, includes synthetic hepatic markers (INR, bilirubin, albumin) and complications specific to cirrhosis (ascites and encephalopathy) but does not take into account cardiac, pulmonary, and/or kidney dysfunction (that is, non-liver organ dysfunction) [3-6].