Inferior phrenic arterial bleeding after adult liver transplantation: incidence, clinical manifestations, and predictive CT features.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of inferior phrenic arterial bleeding after liver transplantation in adult patients and to describe its clinical manifestations and predictive CT features.


CONCLUSIONS
Inferior phrenic arterial bleeding occurs frequently and is one of the major postoperative bleeding sites in patients undergoing liver transplantation. Awareness of its common clinical manifestations and predictive CT features is essential for prompt diagnosis and treatment of this early vascular complication, and this knowledge can help to avoid unnecessary reoperation and catastrophic hypotension.
Hong
Seong Sook
SS
Department of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 388-1 Pungnap-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea 138-736.
Kim
Ah Young
AY
Kim
Hye Jin
HJ
Kim
Kyung Won
KW
Lee
Seung Gyu
SG
Kim
Pyo Nyun
PN
Lee
Moon-Gyu
MG
Ha
Hyun Kwon
HK
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D003287:Contrast Media; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000098:blood supply*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007472:Iohexol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D003287:Contrast Media; D007472:Iohexol; C038192:iopromide