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Title: Occlusion of a hepatic artery to portal vein fistula with Bucrylate

Journal Article · · Cardiovasc. Interv. Radiol.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02552765· OSTI ID:5297792

A 49-year-old woman with cirrhosis and portal hypertension was evaluated for a portal-systemic shunt procedure following recurrent variceal hemorrhage. The preoperative visceral angiogram demonstrated a hepatic arterial to portal venous fistula, presumably a complication of a previous liver biopsy. The fistula was successfully closed using isobutyl-2-cyanoacrylate (Bucrylate) delivered through a flow-directed, calibrated-leak balloon microcatheter.

OSTI ID:
5297792
Journal Information:
Cardiovasc. Interv. Radiol.; (United States), Vol. 6:3
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English