Pulmonary artery embolotherapy in a patient with type I hepatopulmonary syndrome after liver transplantation. Korean J Radiol 2010;11(4):485-9
Date
07/02/2010Pubmed ID
20592935Pubmed Central ID
PMC2893322DOI
10.3348/kjr.2010.11.4.485Scopus ID
2-s2.0-77954765449 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 12 CitationsAbstract
Although liver transplantation (LT) is the only effective treatment option for hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS), the post-LT morbidity and mortality have been high for patients with severe HPS. We performed post-LT embolotherapy in a 10-year-old boy who had severe type I HPS preoperatively, but he failed to recover early from his hypoxemic symptoms after an LT. Multiple embolizations were then successfully performed on the major branches that formed the abnormal vascular structures. After the embolotherapy, the patient had symptomatic improvement and he was discharged without complications.
Author List
Lee HW, Suh KS, Kim J, Shin WY, Yi NJ, Jae HJ, Chung JW, Oh SW, Kang KW, Lee KUAuthor
Joohyun Kim MD, PhD Associate Professor in the Surgery department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
ChildCombined Modality Therapy
Echocardiography
Embolization, Therapeutic
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome
Humans
Liver Transplantation
Male
Oximetry
Positron-Emission Tomography
Pulmonary Artery
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
