Migration of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt to the right atrium: complications in the intraoperative period of liver transplantation.
This article reports the case of a patient who underwent transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt, which migrated to the right atrium. During liver transplantation, the extracardiac portion was sectioned and the portion adherent inside the atrium was managed expectantly.
da Silva
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RF
Medical School in São José do Rio Preto, Hospital de Base, Liver and Small Bowel Transplantation Unit, São José do Rio Preto, Brazil.
Arroyo
P C
PC
Duca
W J
WJ
da Silva
A A M
AA
Reis
L F
LF
Miquelin
D G
DG
Sgnolf
A
A
Cabral
C M
CM
Ayres
D C
DC
de Lima
A P
AP
da Silva
R C M A
RC
D001803:Blood Transfusion; D017707:Erythrocyte Transfusion; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017713:Platelet Transfusion; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000601:surgery; D019168:Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic / Q000009:adverse effects*