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Treatment of chronic ascites due to right-sided heart failure by transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt stent-implantation after orthotopic heart transplant.

Abstract
Long-term outcome after orthotopic heart transplant is often critical in patients with long-persisting right-sided heart failure and consecutive ascites. Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent shunt is an effective treatment for chronic ascites. However, a case of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent shunt implantation after orthotopic heart transplant and left ventricular assist device bridging has not been previously reported.
AuthorsAbdul Rahman Dakkak, Henryk Welp, Hartmut Schmidt, Michael Koehler, Hans Heinrich Scheld, Jurgen Reinhard Sindermann
JournalExperimental and clinical transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation (Exp Clin Transplant) Vol. 9 Issue 2 Pg. 156-8 (Apr 2011) ISSN: 2146-8427 [Electronic] Turkey
PMID21453237 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Topics
  • Ascites (etiology, surgery)
  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated (surgery)
  • Heart Failure (complications)
  • Heart Transplantation
  • Heart-Assist Devices
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Stents
  • Treatment Outcome

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