Successful transcatheter closure of a congenital high-flow portosystemic venous shunt with the Amplatzer vascular plug II

Perspect Vasc Surg Endovasc Ther. 2012 Dec;24(4):202-5. doi: 10.1177/1531003513496850. Epub 2013 Jul 23.

Abstract

Congenital portosystemic venous shunt is extremely rare and should be treated. Advances in treatment techniques allow for patients to be treated safely. We present a 9-year-old boy with a large congenital portosystemic venous shunt. The shunt was occluded interventionally with the Amplatzer vascular plug II. Our case was unique with its clinical manifestation, the use of a 22-mm Amplatzer vascular plug II, and the presence of the patient's 1-year follow-up.

Keywords: Amplatzer vascular plug II; angiography; congenital portosystemic venous shunt.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Blood Flow Velocity
  • Catheterization, Peripheral / instrumentation*
  • Child
  • Embolization, Therapeutic / instrumentation*
  • Endovascular Procedures / instrumentation*
  • Equipment Design
  • Hepatic Veins / abnormalities*
  • Hepatic Veins / diagnostic imaging
  • Hepatic Veins / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Liver Circulation*
  • Male
  • Phlebography / methods
  • Portal Vein / abnormalities*
  • Portal Vein / diagnostic imaging
  • Portal Vein / physiopathology
  • Regional Blood Flow
  • Time Factors
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vascular Malformations / diagnosis
  • Vascular Malformations / physiopathology
  • Vascular Malformations / therapy*