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THROMBOLYSIS AND ENDOVASCULAR STENT PLACEMENT FOR INFERIOR VENA CAVAL THROMBOSIS IN A LIVER TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT

 

作者: Orons1,2 Philip,   Hari3 Anil,   Zajko1 Albert,   Marsh4 J.,  

 

期刊: Transplantation  (OVID Available online 1997)
卷期: Volume 64, issue 9  

页码: 1357-1361

 

ISSN:0041-1337

 

年代: 1997

 

出版商: OVID

 

数据来源: OVID

 

摘要:

Background.Vascular complications remain an important cause of postoperative morbidity in liver transplant patients. Herein, we present an unusual case of nonanastomotic inferior vena cava (IVC) stenosis in a patient with a“piggyback” caval anastomosis.Methods.A 59-year-old woman underwent liver transplantation using a piggyback IVC anastomosis. Her postoperative course was complicated by IVC thrombosis. Catheter-directed thrombolysis, followed by balloon angioplasty and intravascular stent placement, was used to recanalize the IVC and treat a severe retrohepatic IVC stenosis.Results.After 46 hr of catheter-directed urokinase infusion, there was clot lysis and identification of a severe stenosis in the retrohepatic IVC. The lesion was extremely resistant to balloon dilatation alone and a 22-mm-diameter intravascular stent was placed. Simultaneous dilatation of three high-pressure balloons was necessary for maximal stent expansion. The patient remains asymptomatic with no evidence of IVC compromise through 20 months of follow-up.Conclusions.IVC stenosis and thrombosis after liver transplantation may be treated favorably in some patients using catheter-directed thrombolytic therapy followed by balloon dilatation and/or stent placement.

 



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