Hepatic Encephalopathy Secondary to Intrahepatic Portosystemic Venous Shunt: Balloon-Occluded Retrograde Transvenous Embolization with n-Butyl Cyanoacrylate and Microcoils

Journal Article · Sat Jun 15 00:00:00 EDT 2002 · Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/S00270-001-0110-Y· OSTI ID:21083434

Yamagami, Takuji; Nakamura, Toshiyuki; Iida, Shigeharu; Kato, Takeharu; Tanaka, Osamu; Matsushima, Shigenori; Ito, Hirotoshi; Okuyama, Chio; Ushijima, Yo ^[1]; Shiga, Kensuke ^[2]; Nishimura, Tsunehiko ^[1]

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1. Department of Radiology and Neurology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajii-chyo, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo, Kyoto 602-8566 (Japan)
2. Department of Neurology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajii-chyo, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo, Kyoto 602-8566 (Japan)

We report a 70-year-old woman with hepatic encephalopathy due to an intrahepatic portosystemic venous shunt that was successfully occluded by percutaneous transcatheter embolization with n-butyl cyanoacrylate and microcoils.

• OSTI ID: 21083434
• Journal Information: Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, Journal Name: Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 25; ISSN 0174-1551; ISSN CAIRDG
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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