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Percutaneous transhepatic embolization of a spontaneous mesocaval shunt after liver transplantation

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A preoperatively undetected spontaneous mesocaval shunt lead to impairment of organ function after liver transplantation. Ischemia of the graft due to partial hepatofugal portal flow was demonstrated by color-flow Doppler sonography and angiography. The successful catheter embolization of the mesocaval shunt via a transhepatic approach is presented.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Klinikum Großhadern, University of Munich, Marchioninistr. 15, D-81377, Munich 70, Germany

    H. Berger & W. Steiner

  2. Department of Internal Medicine II, Klinikum Großhadern, University of Munich, Marchioninistr. 15, D-81377, Munich 70, Germany

    R. Zachoval

  3. Department of Surgery, Klinikum Großhadern, University of Munich, Marchioninistr. 15, D-81377, Munich 70, Germany

    C. Zülke & M. Anthuber

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Berger, H., Steiner, W., Zachoval, R. et al. Percutaneous transhepatic embolization of a spontaneous mesocaval shunt after liver transplantation. Eur. Radiol. 4, 479–482 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00212827

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