Successful embolization of a spontaneous mesocaval shunt using the Amplatzer Vascular Plug II

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2010 Oct;33(5):1044-8. doi: 10.1007/s00270-009-9739-8. Epub 2009 Nov 12.

Abstract

A 48-year-old man with alcoholic liver cirrhosis and hepatic encephalopathy was found to have a large, spontaneous mesocaval shunt. The shunt was successfully occluded with the use of an Amplatzer Vascular Plug. To our knowledge, this is the first report of the use of this device to embolize a mesocaval shunt involving the superior mesenteric vein.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Balloon Occlusion / instrumentation*
  • Balloon Occlusion / methods
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Hepatic Encephalopathy / complications*
  • Hepatic Encephalopathy / diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / complications*
  • Male
  • Mesenteric Veins / diagnostic imaging*
  • Middle Aged
  • Phlebography / methods
  • Portacaval Shunt, Surgical
  • Radiography, Interventional
  • Septal Occluder Device*
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Tomography, Spiral Computed*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vascular Diseases / etiology*
  • Vascular Diseases / therapy*