Successful metallic stent placement for recurrent stenosis after balloon angioplasty of membranous obstruction of inferior vena cava.
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.
Hung
W C
WC
Section of Cardiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung Hsien, Taiwan.
Fang
C Y
CY
Wu
C J
CJ
Lo
P H
PH
Hung
J S
JS
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*