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Percutaneous Transjugular Direct Porto-caval Shunt in Patients with Budd-Chiari Syndrome

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The purpose of the study was to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of direct porto-caval shunts in patients with Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) in whom there is no access to the hepatic veins during transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPSS). We included six consecutive patients with fulminant/acute Budd-Chiari syndrome (mean age: 35 years) in whom a conventional TIPSS was not possible due to inaccessible hepatic veins. We performed a direct porto-caval shunt via a transhepatic approach. Patients were followed up by means of clinical examination, laboratory investigations, and Doppler ultrasound. TIPSS implantation from the inferior vena cava (IVC) was successful in all six patients (100%). The median transhepatic shunt length was 9 cm (8–10 cm). No procedure-related complications were observed in our patients. Early shunt occlusion occurred in three out of six patients (50%). In all three of these patients, the stent used to stabilize the shunt ended 1–2 cm before reaching the IVC. All occlusions were successfully recanalized. One of these patients developed recurrent early shunt as well as mesenteric and splenic vein occlusions. She died 7 days after TIPSS placement due to an unmanageable coagulation disorder. The remaining five patients were followed up by planned clinical examination and laboratory investigations (mean follow-up time was 15 months; patient 1 was followed up for 13 months, patient 2 for 14 months, patient 3 for 15 months, and patients 4 and 5 for 16 months) and all displayed a complete and durable resolution of liver failure and ascites without reintervention. In patients with acute liver failure originating from BCS and inaccessible hepatic veins, a direct transhepatic porto-caval shunt can be performed safely and effectively under ultrasound guidance. Future studies in larger patient groups should investigate if the patency of transcaval TIPSS with long transhepatic shunt segments is similar compared to conventional TIPSS via the hepatic vein.

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  1. Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Charité Campus Virchow Clinic, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 13353, Berlin, Germany

    A. Quateen, P. Podrabsky & R. Felix

  2. Department of Hepatogastroenterology, Charité Campus Virchow Clinic, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 13353, Berlin, Germany

    T. Berg & A. Bergk

  3. Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg

    M. Pech & J. Ricke

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Quateen, A., Pech, M., Berg, T. et al. Percutaneous Transjugular Direct Porto-caval Shunt in Patients with Budd-Chiari Syndrome. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 29, 565–570 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-005-0103-3

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