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16517786

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2 Pt 1
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-3-6
pubmed:abstractText
The authors describe a patient with bleeding varices due to chronic portal vein occlusion. A transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) attempt failed because of cannulation of a low-pressure network of portal veins, which communicated only with the chronically thrombosed native portal vein. A second TIPS attempt was successful after transhepatic catheterization of a high-pressure portal system that was continuous with periportal collateral veins and mesenteric veins. After 8 months and one TIPS revision for hepatic vein stenosis, the patient has improved liver function, collapsed varices, and a patent TIPS on ultrasonogram. This case illustrates that cavernous transformation of the portal vein may result in variable intrahepatic portal perfusion and pressures and that TIPS in such cases requires careful selection of an intrahepatic portal vein to achieve adequate portal decompression.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1051-0443
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
373-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Transjugular portosystemic shunt in chronic portal vein occlusion: importance of segmental portal hypertension in cavernous transformation of the portal vein.
pubmed:affiliation
Mayo Clinic, Galveston, Texas, USA. walser.eric@mayo.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports