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.
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Authors | Abdul Rahman Dakkak, Henryk Welp, Hartmut Schmidt, Michael Koehler, Hans Heinrich Scheld, Jurgen Reinhard Sindermann |
Journal | Experimental 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 |
PMID | 21453237
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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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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