Pulmonary arterial coil embolization for the management of persistent type I hepatopulmonary syndrome after liver transplantation.
J Vasc Interv Radiol
; 18(12): 1576-80, 2007 Dec.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18057294
ABSTRACT
Hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) is a common complication of chronic liver disease. The definitive therapy is liver transplantation. Medical management, transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt creation, and pulmonary arterial coil embolization have been described as temporizing measures until liver transplantation is performed. In earlier studies, the degree of right-to-left shunting in HPS has been shown to be an indicator of posttransplantation morbidity and mortality. The present article describes a case of type I HPS managed by liver transplantation and augmented by posttransplantation pulmonary arterial coil embolization to reduce the patient's posttransplantation morbidity.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pulmonary Artery
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Liver Transplantation
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Hepatopulmonary Syndrome
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Embolization, Therapeutic
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
Aspects:
Patient_preference
Limits:
Humans
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Male
/
Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
J Vasc Interv Radiol
Journal subject:
ANGIOLOGIA
/
RADIOLOGIA
Year:
2007
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States