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Semin intervent Radiol 2012; 29(02): 099-104
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1312570
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Portal Interventions in Liver Transplant Recipients

Wael E. A. Saad
1   Division of Vascular Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia
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14 June 2012 (online)

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Abstract

Portal vein interventions in liver transplant recipients represent a group of interventions in the management of several disease entities including portal vein stenosis, portal vein thrombosis, and recurrent liver cirrhosis with portal hypertension with and without gastric varices. The procedures performed in these patient populations include portal vein angioplasty with or without stent placement for portal vein stenosis, portal vein thrombolysis with or without stent placement for portal vein thrombosis, transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts or splenic embolization for cirrhosis, and balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration for gastric varices. This article discusses these disease entities and the minimal invasive procedures used in their management.

Keywords

transplant - liver - vascular complications - endovascular - portal - portal hypertension - TIPS - BRTO
 

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