2015 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Transplant Portal Vein Recanalization-Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt in Patients With Chronic Portal Vein Thrombosis
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL.
Background: Chronic, occlusive portal vein thrombosis (PVT) associated with cirrhosis represents a relative contraindication to liver transplantation (LT) in some centers. From a surgical perspective,…