Occlusion of a hepatic artery to portal vein fistula with bucrylate.

Abstract

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.

• Authors: R K Kerlan Jr, W O Bank, W K Hoddick, A C Pogany, R D Sollenberger
• Journal: Cardiovascular and interventional radiology (Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol) Vol. 6 Issue 3 Pg. 138-40 ( 1983) ISSN: 0174-1551 [Print] United States
• PMID: 6627261 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Cyanoacrylates
• Bucrylate

Topics

• Angiography
• Arteriovenous Fistula (therapy)
• Bucrylate
• Cyanoacrylates
• Embolization, Therapeutic
• Female
• Hepatic Artery
• Humans
• Liver (diagnostic imaging)
• Middle Aged
• Portal Vein