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Sequential Venoplasty for Treatment of Inferior Vena Cava Stenosis Following Liver Transplant

Obstruction of the inferior vena cava (IVC) is a rare complication of liver transplantation with significant consequences including intractable ascites and hepatic dysfunction. Although venoplasty and stenting are effective in many cases, patients who fail first-line treatment may require surgical i...

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Autores principales: Parvinian, Ahmad, Gaba, Ron Charles
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4204234/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25337436
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2156-7514.141557
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description Obstruction of the inferior vena cava (IVC) is a rare complication of liver transplantation with significant consequences including intractable ascites and hepatic dysfunction. Although venoplasty and stenting are effective in many cases, patients who fail first-line treatment may require surgical intervention or re-transplantation. Scheduled sequential balloon dilation, an approach frequently used to treat fibrotic, benign biliary strictures, but less commonly vascular lesions, may avert the need for such high-risk alternatives while achieving favorable clinical and angiographic response. Herein, we report the case of a 36-year-old woman with transplant-related, initially angioplasty-resistant IVC stenosis that was successfully treated with sequential balloon dilation.
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spelling pubmed-42042342014-10-21 Sequential Venoplasty for Treatment of Inferior Vena Cava Stenosis Following Liver Transplant Parvinian, Ahmad Gaba, Ron Charles J Clin Imaging Sci Case Report Obstruction of the inferior vena cava (IVC) is a rare complication of liver transplantation with significant consequences including intractable ascites and hepatic dysfunction. Although venoplasty and stenting are effective in many cases, patients who fail first-line treatment may require surgical intervention or re-transplantation. Scheduled sequential balloon dilation, an approach frequently used to treat fibrotic, benign biliary strictures, but less commonly vascular lesions, may avert the need for such high-risk alternatives while achieving favorable clinical and angiographic response. Herein, we report the case of a 36-year-old woman with transplant-related, initially angioplasty-resistant IVC stenosis that was successfully treated with sequential balloon dilation. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014-09-23 /pmc/articles/PMC4204234/ /pubmed/25337436 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2156-7514.141557 Text en Copyright: © 2014 Parvinian A. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Sequential Venoplasty for Treatment of Inferior Vena Cava Stenosis Following Liver Transplant
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title_full Sequential Venoplasty for Treatment of Inferior Vena Cava Stenosis Following Liver Transplant
title_fullStr Sequential Venoplasty for Treatment of Inferior Vena Cava Stenosis Following Liver Transplant
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title_short Sequential Venoplasty for Treatment of Inferior Vena Cava Stenosis Following Liver Transplant
title_sort sequential venoplasty for treatment of inferior vena cava stenosis following liver transplant
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4204234/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25337436
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