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Title: Portal Hypertension Secondary to Spontaneous Arterio-Portal Venous Fistulas: Transcatheter Arterial Embolization with n-Butyl Cyanoacrylate and Microcoils

Journal Article · · Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/S002700010092· OSTI ID:21083586
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  1. Department of Radiology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajii-chyo, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-Ku, Kyoto, 602-0841 (Japan)

We report a 73-year-old man with recurrent variceal bleeding due to portal hypertension caused by multiple intrahepatic arterio-portal venous fistulas, which were successfully occluded by embolization with n-butyl cyanoacrylate and micro-coils.

OSTI ID:
21083586
Journal Information:
Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, Vol. 23, Issue 5; Other Information: DOI: 10.1007/s002700010092; Copyright (c) 2000 Springer-Verlag New York Inc; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0174-1551
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English