Reversible hepatic transplant ischemia : case report and review of literature

We report the successful treatment of a hepatic arterial anastomotic stenosis by angioplasty in an orthotopic liver transplant recipient. The patient had already undergone hepatic infarction and compromised allograft function and sepsis. Baseline duplex ultrasound and angiographic studies showed obs...

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Published in:Cardiovascular and interventional radiology 1990-04, Vol.13 (2), p.88-90
Main Authors: CASTANEDA, F, SO, S. K. S, HUNTER, D. W, CASTANEDA-ZUNIGA, W. R, AMPLATZ, K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Angioplasty, Balloon
Biological and medical sciences
Female
Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen
Humans
Ischemia - diagnostic imaging
Ischemia - therapy
Liver - blood supply
Liver Transplantation
Liver. Biliary tract. Portal circulation. Exocrine pancreas
Medical sciences
Other diseases. Semiology
Radiography
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Summary:We report the successful treatment of a hepatic arterial anastomotic stenosis by angioplasty in an orthotopic liver transplant recipient. The patient had already undergone hepatic infarction and compromised allograft function and sepsis. Baseline duplex ultrasound and angiographic studies showed obstruction of the transplant arterial anastomosis. Following angioplasty, allograft function, areas of infarction, and duplex ultrasound studies returned to normal. At 6-month follow-up the patient remains asymptomatic.
ISSN:0174-1551
1432-086X
DOI:10.1007/BF02577357