Percutaneous stent placement for treatment of stenosis of a portacaval H-graft shunt

Can Assoc Radiol J. 1995 Jun;46(3):219-22.

Abstract

Surgical treatment of an occluded or stenotic portacaval shunt carries a high risk of mortality, but the rate of restenosis after transluminal angioplasty is also high. The authors report high-grade stricture of a portacaval H-graft shunt in a 51-year-old man, who presented with hematemesis and melena. The patient was treated with concomitant balloon angioplasty and placement of a metallic stent through a percutaneous venous approach. The procedure was tolerated well by the patient, and stenosis had not recurred at follow-up 1 year later.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angioplasty, Balloon
  • Graft Occlusion, Vascular / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / physiopathology
  • Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / surgery
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Portacaval Shunt, Surgical*
  • Stents*