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Transjugular Intrahepatic Porto-Systemic Shunt Placement in a Patient with Left-Lateral Split-Liver Transplant and Mesenterico-Left Portal Vein by Pass Placement

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This is a report of a successful placement of a transjugular intrahepatic porto-systemic shunt in a young patient with previous left-lateral, split-liver transplant and mesenterico-left portal vein by pass placement after posttransplant extrahepatic portal vein thrombosis.

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  1. Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialized Therapies (ISMETT), Via Tricomi 1, 90100, Palermo, Italy

    Roberto Miraglia, Luigi Maruzzelli & Angelo Luca

  2. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Roberto Miraglia, Luigi Maruzzelli & Angelo Luca

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Miraglia, R., Maruzzelli, L. & Luca, A. Transjugular Intrahepatic Porto-Systemic Shunt Placement in a Patient with Left-Lateral Split-Liver Transplant and Mesenterico-Left Portal Vein by Pass Placement. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 34, 1316–1319 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-011-0199-6

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