title: Successful metallic stent placement for recurrent stenosis after balloon angioplasty of membranous obstruction of inferior vena cava.
abstract: A 23 year-old Taiwanese male presented with complete membranous obstruction of the inferior vena cava at its suprahepatic portion. After 3 angioplasty procedures using Inoue-balloon catheters, a Wall stent was deployed for restenosis 4 years after the first procedure. Venography at 6 months showed no significant restenosis. At 20 months transfemoral venography confirmed patency of the vena cava.
authors.affiliation: Section of Cardiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung Hsien, Taiwan.
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Hung
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Lo
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Hung
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D006502:Budd-Chiari Syndrome / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D015607:Stents; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000473:pathology*