Inferior vena cava thrombosis after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt revision with a covered stent

J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2004 Sep;15(9):995-8. doi: 10.1097/01.RVI.0000130863.44512.D1.

Abstract

A 42-year-old woman who had undergone multiple revisions of a bare-stent transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt was treated for in-stent stenosis by insertion of a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)-covered stent. Immediately after revision with the covered stent, she developed inferior vena cava (IVC) thrombosis. The potential causes and implications of this complication are discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Polytetrafluoroethylene
  • Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Reoperation
  • Thrombosis / etiology*
  • Vena Cava, Inferior*

Substances

  • Polytetrafluoroethylene