title: Cannula-assisted and transabdominal ultrasound-guided hepatic venous recanalization in Budd Chiari syndrome: a novel technique to avoid percutaneous transabdominal access.
abstract: We describe a technique for facilitating recanalization of hepatic veins via the transjugular approach in patients with Budd Chiari syndrome, where a transjugular liver biopsy cannula provides support to the catheter-glidewire combination and transabdominal ultrasound helps in positioning the tip of the cannula at the hepatic venous ostium.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Christian Medical College, Scudder Road, Vellore, TN, 632004, India. aparna_shyam@cmcvellore.ac.in
authors.forename: Shyamkumar N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Keshava
authors.forename: Vinu
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Moses
authors.forename: Narayanam R S
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Surendrababu
mesh_terms: D006502:Budd-Chiari Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006503:Hepatic Veins; D006801:Humans; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional