Inferior vena cava thrombosis after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt revision with a covered stent.
A 42-year-old woman who had undergone multiple revisions of a bare-stent transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt was treated for in-stent stenosis by insertion of a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)-covered stent. Immediately after revision with the covered stent, she developed inferior vena cava (IVC) thrombosis. The potential causes and implications of this complication are discussed.
Hoxworth
Joseph M
JM
Department of Radiology, Division of Interventional Radiology, University of California-San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, M-361, Box 0628, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
LaBerge
Jeanne M
JM
Gordon
Roy L
RL
Wolanske
Kristen A
KA
Kerlan
Robert K
RK
Wilson
Mark W
MW
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D019168:Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012086:Reoperation; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior
D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene