title: [Autologous pericardial patch angioplasty of Budd-Chiari syndrome].
abstract: 21 patients with inferior vena cava (IVC) or hepatic vein (HV) stenosis were treated by autologous pericardial patch angioplasty. Postoperative recovery was uneventful and the patients were followed up for 4 to 51 months. Signs of ascites, edema or varices in the lower extremities, and hepatomegaly disappeared in 1 to 3 months after operation in all patients. Ascending varicosities of the truncal vein and esophageal varices disappeared in 5 and 16 of '8 patients in 1 to 3 months respectively. Hepatic dysfunction in 6 patients returned to normal after operation. B-mode ultrasonography showed good patency of the reconstructed IVC or HV in the 18 patients.
authors.affiliation: Shenzhen Futian People's Hospital.
authors.forename: Z L
authors.initials: ZL
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017130:Angioplasty / Q000379:methods*; D006502:Budd-Chiari Syndrome / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged