Placement of a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt in addition to recanalization of acute and chronic portomesenteric vein occlusions - a retrospective evaluation.

Charlotte Ebeling BarbierFredrik RorsmanLars-Gunnar ErikssonPer SangfeltReza SheikhiJohan VessbyRickard Nyman

Published in: Acta radiologica open (2020)

Recanalization and insertion of a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt is safe and effective in patients with acute and chronic portomesenteric vein thrombosis with or without cirrhosis. Recanalization was more likely to stay patent in acute compared with chronic portomesenteric vein thrombosis.

Keyphrases

drug induced
liver failure
middle cerebral artery
pulmonary embolism
endovascular treatment
respiratory failure
pulmonary artery
aortic dissection
intensive care unit
hepatitis b virus