Transluminal angioplasty of a stenotic surgical splenorenal shunt.
A stenosis of a side-to-side splenorenal shunt was treated by percutaneous angioplasty two years after the performance of the shunt. After dilatation, there was a fall of the splenorenal pressure gradient from 28 to 17 cm H2O and good transanastomotic flow was re-established. As in other arterial and venous territories, angioplasty may be an interesting alternative to surgery.
Van Beers
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Department of Radiology, Hôpital de Bicètre, Université Paris-Sud, Le Kremlin Bicètre, France.
Roche
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Cauquil
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D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D001794:Blood Pressure; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010690:Phlebography; D013164:Splenorenal Shunt, Surgical / Q000009:adverse effects; D014689:Venous Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*