Transluminal balloon angioplasty of infrahepatic caval anastomotic stenosis following liver transplantation: case report

B S Rose; M E Van Aman; D C Simon; B G Sommer; R M Ferguson; M L Henry

doi:10.1007/BF02577064

Transluminal balloon angioplasty of infrahepatic caval anastomotic stenosis following liver transplantation: case report

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 1988 Apr;11(2):79-81. doi: 10.1007/BF02577064.

Authors

B S Rose¹, M E Van Aman, D C Simon, B G Sommer, R M Ferguson, M L Henry

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, Ohio State University Hospitals, Columbus 43210.

PMID: 2968839
DOI: 10.1007/BF02577064

Abstract

Treatment of an infrahepatic caval anastomotic stenosis with percutaneous transluminal balloon angioplasty is described in a patient 5 weeks after liver transplantation. Pressure measurements confirmed the significance of the obstruction and the success of the dilatation procedure.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Angioplasty, Balloon*
Constriction, Pathologic / therapy
Humans
Liver Transplantation*
Male
Middle Aged
Postoperative Complications / therapy*
Time Factors
Vena Cava, Inferior*