Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration for portal-systemic encephalopathy due to superior mesenteric-caval shunt via the right gonadal vein

Intern Med. 2007;46(17):1479-80. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.46.0120. Epub 2007 Sep 3.

Authors

Yoshio Katamura¹, Hiroshi Aikata, Takahiro Azakami, Tomokazu Kawaoka, Kiminori Uka, Keitaro Yamashina, Shintaro Takaki, Hideaki Kodama, Jeong Soo Cheol, Akira Hiramatsu, Michio Imamura, Yoshiiku Kawakami, Shoichi Takahashi, Naoyuki Toyota, Katsuhide Ito, Kazuaki Chayama

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine and Molecular Science, Division of Frontier Medical Science, Programs for Biomedical Research, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University.

PMID: 17827854
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.46.0120

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Balloon Occlusion*
Collateral Circulation / physiology
Embolization, Therapeutic
Hepatic Encephalopathy / etiology
Hepatic Encephalopathy / therapy*
Humans
Liver Circulation / physiology
Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / complications*
Male
Mesenteric Veins / physiopathology*
Middle Aged
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Vascular Diseases / etiology*
Vascular Diseases / physiopathology
Vascular Diseases / therapy
Vena Cava, Inferior / physiopathology*