Feasibility and effectiveness of using coronary stents in the treatment of hepatic artery stenoses after orthotopic liver transplantation: preliminary report

AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2002 May;178(5):1175-9. doi: 10.2214/ajr.178.5.1781175.

Abstract

Objective: Our aim is to evaluate the feasibility, efficacy, and patency of using coronary stents for the treatment of hepatic artery stenosis after liver transplantation.

Conclusion: Hepatic artery stenosis after liver transplantation can be treated using coronary stents. The low rate of complication, high technical success, and 1-year patency rates are encouraging.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation*
  • Constriction, Pathologic / etiology
  • Constriction, Pathologic / physiopathology
  • Constriction, Pathologic / surgery
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Female
  • Graft Occlusion, Vascular / diagnostic imaging
  • Graft Occlusion, Vascular / physiopathology
  • Graft Occlusion, Vascular / prevention & control*
  • Hepatic Artery / diagnostic imaging
  • Hepatic Artery / physiopathology*
  • Hepatic Artery / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Liver Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Liver Transplantation / diagnostic imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prospective Studies
  • Radiography
  • Stents*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vascular Diseases / etiology*
  • Vascular Diseases / physiopathology
  • Vascular Diseases / surgery*
  • Vascular Patency / physiology*