title: Dissection of the hepatic artery and the celiac trunk after a liver transplant: description of a complication and endovascular management.
abstract: Dissection of the common hepatic artery is a rare complication after orthotopic liver transplant. Subsequent thrombosis and occlusion of the transplant artery can result in graft failure requiring retransplant. We describe a case of hepatic artery dissection, occurring on the basis of primary vasculopathy, extending into the celiac trunk, with subtotal occlusion of the vessel through accompanying thrombosis. An attempt of endovascular rescue led to successful recanalization of the vessel and graft survival.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Division of Interventional Radiology, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Moritz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wildgruber
authors.forename: Edouard
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Matevossian
authors.forename: Konrad
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Stock
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Umgelter
authors.forename: Arno
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kornberg
authors.forename: Hermann
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Berger
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D002445:Celiac Artery / Q000601:surgery; D057510:Endovascular Procedures; D005260:Female; D006499:Hepatic Artery / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000601:surgery; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome