| Literature DB >> 21326479 |
Abstract
A patient with portal hypertension developed thrombosis of her transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) and the portal vein. The Trellis device (Bacchus Vascular, Santa Clara, CA) was used to achieve rapid lysis of the portal vein thrombus and help restore portal and TIPS patency in a single session.Entities:
Keywords: Portal hypertension; portal vein thrombosis; portosystemic shunt
Year: 2007 PMID: 21326479 PMCID: PMC3036320 DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-985745
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Semin Intervent Radiol ISSN: 0739-9529 Impact factor: 1.513