Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt creation in a polycystic liver facilitated by hybrid cross-sectional/angiographic imaging

J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2006 Apr;17(4):711-5. doi: 10.1097/01.RVI.0000208984.17697.58.

Abstract

Polycystic liver disease (PCLD) has long been considered to represent a contraindication to transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) creation, primarily because of the risk of hemorrhage. Three-dimensional (3D) navigation within the enlarged and potentially disorienting parenchyma can now be performed during the procedure with the development of C-arm cone-beam computed tomography, which relies on the same equipment already used for angiography. Such a hybrid 3D reconstruction-enabled angiography system was used for safe image guidance of a TIPS procedure in a patient with PCLD. This technology has the potential to expedite any image-guided procedure that requires 3D navigation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Angiography
  • Cysts / diagnostic imaging
  • Cysts / surgery*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Liver Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Liver Diseases / surgery*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Interventional
  • Middle Aged
  • Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic*
  • Radiography, Interventional
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed