title: Hepatic encephalopathy due to intrahepatic portosystemic venous shunt successfully treated by balloon occluded retrograde transvenous embolization with GDCs.
abstract: We report a 65-year-old man with hepatic encephalopathy due to an intrahepatic portosystemic venous shunt that was successfully occluded by balloon occluded retrograde transvenous embolization with Guglielmi and interlocking detachable coils as performed percutaneously.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine , Kyoto.
authors.forename: Takuji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamagami
authors.forename: Rika
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yoshimatsu
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miura
authors.forename: Terumitsu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hasebe
authors.forename: Kazuma
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koide
keywords: Hepatic veins; interventional procedures; portal vein; portosystemic; shunts; therapeutic blockade