Erschienen in:
01.09.2009 | Letter to the Editor
Complementary Use of NBCA with the Amplatzer Vascular Plug for Embolization of a High-Flow Traumatic Hepatic Arteriovenous Fistula
verfasst von:
Osman Koc, Barbaros Erhan Cil, Bora Peynircioglu, Dilek Emlik, Orhan Ozbek
Erschienen in:
CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology
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Ausgabe 5/2009
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Excerpt
Arterioportal fistula (APF) is a rare vascular disorder and may cause severe complications such as portal hypertension. APF may be congenital, posttraumatic, or iatrogenic. Today, transarterial embolization is being accepted as the first choice in the treatment of these lesions. We presented a traumatic fistula between the hepatic artery (HA), the portal vein (PV), and the hepatic vein (HV) which was diagnosed by multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) and treated endovascularly using the Amplatzer Vascular Plug (AVP) and N-butyl-cyanoacrylate (NBCA). …