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Percutaneous rheolytic mechanical thrombectomy in thrombosed direct intrahepatic portosystemic shunt: Report of two cases.

Dimitrios TsetisElias KehagiasDimitrios SamonakisElias KouroumalisAdam Hatzidakis
Published in: Interventional medicine & applied science (2016)
We report two patients with Budd-Chiari syndrome, who underwent direct intrahepatic portosystemic shunt complicated by shunt thrombosis. Percutaneous AngioJet mechanical thrombectomy in combination with manual catheter aspiration and balloon disruption of the residual clot was successful, restoring patency of the thrombosed shunt.
Keyphrases
  • ultrasound guided
  • pulmonary artery
  • coronary artery
  • pulmonary hypertension
  • pulmonary embolism
  • pulmonary arterial hypertension