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01-10-2010 | Case Report

Successful Embolization of a Spontaneous Mesocaval Shunt Using the Amplatzer Vascular Plug II

Authors: Helena Boixadera, Alejandro Tomasello, Sergi Quiroga, Joan Cordoba, Mercedes Perez, Antoni Segarra

Published in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology | Issue 5/2010

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.

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Title: Successful Embolization of a Spontaneous Mesocaval Shunt Using the Amplatzer Vascular Plug II
Authors: Helena Boixadera
Alejandro Tomasello
Sergi Quiroga
Joan Cordoba
Mercedes Perez
Antoni Segarra
Publication date: 01-10-2010
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology / Issue 5/2010
Print ISSN: 0174-1551
Electronic ISSN: 1432-086X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-009-9739-8

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Successful Embolization of a Spontaneous Mesocaval Shunt Using the Amplatzer Vascular Plug II

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