TIPS creation in a patient with situs inversus totalis

Vendelín Chovanec; Antonín Krajina; Mirek Lojík; Petr Hůlek; Tomás Vanásek

doi:10.1007/s00270-002-1899-8

TIPS creation in a patient with situs inversus totalis

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2002 Sep-Oct;25(5):447-9. doi: 10.1007/s00270-002-1899-8. Epub 2002 Jul 23.

Authors

Vendelín Chovanec¹, Antonín Krajina, Mirek Lojík, Petr Hůlek, Tomás Vanásek

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology (Division of Interventional Radiology), Charles University Hospital, Sokolská 408, CZ-500 05 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic. [email protected]

PMID: 12132029
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-002-1899-8

Abstract

We describe the successful creation of a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) in a patient with complete situs inversus using a simple modification of the standard TIPS technique.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Humans
Hypertension, Portal / etiology
Hypertension, Portal / surgery*
Jugular Veins / surgery
Male
Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic / methods*
Situs Inversus / complications*
Situs Inversus / surgery
Vena Cava, Superior / pathology