Percutaneous transhepatic treatment of a posttransplant portal vein thrombosis and a preexisting spontaneous splenorenal shunt

01-oct-1998 | Revista: Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology

Bilbao JI, Arias M, Herrero JI, Iglesias A, Martínez Regueira F, Alejandre PL, Longo JM, Quiroga J.

Percutaneous transhepatic treatment of portal vein thrombosis after liver transplantation in a patient with a preexisting high volume spontaneous splenorenal shunt is presented.

Local thrombolysis with urokinase and balloon angioplasty of the main portal vein stenosis were performed followed by shunt embolization to restore hepatopetal portal blood flow.

CITA DEL ARTÍCULO Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 1995 Sep-Oct;18(5):323-6

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