Pulmonary Artery Embolotherapy in a Patient with Type I Hepatopulmonary Syndrome after Liver Transplantation

Although liver transplantation (LT) is the only effective treatment option for hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS), the post-LT morbidity and mortality have been high for patients with severe HPS. We performed post-LT embolotherapy in a 10-year-old boy who had severe type I HPS preoperatively, but he fai...

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Autores principales: Lee, Hae Won, Suh, Kyung-Suk, Kim, Joohyun, Shin, Woo Young, Yi, Nam-Joon, Jae, Hwan Jun, Chung, Jin Wook, Oh, So Won, Kang, Keon Wook, Lee, Kuhn Uk
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Radiology 2010
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2893322/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20592935
http://dx.doi.org/10.3348/kjr.2010.11.4.485
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Sumario:Although liver transplantation (LT) is the only effective treatment option for hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS), the post-LT morbidity and mortality have been high for patients with severe HPS. We performed post-LT embolotherapy in a 10-year-old boy who had severe type I HPS preoperatively, but he failed to recover early from his hypoxemic symptoms after an LT. Multiple embolizations were then successfully performed on the major branches that formed the abnormal vascular structures. After the embolotherapy, the patient had symptomatic improvement and he was discharged without complications.

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