Complications in transcatheter closure of congenital portosystemic venous shunt using Amplatzer Vascular Plug

• Main Authors: Jun Muneuchi (Author), Ryohei Matsuoka (Author), Yusaku Nagatomo (Author), Chiaki Iida (Author), Seigo Okada (Author), Hiromitsu Shirouzu (Author), Mamie Watanabe (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2017-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Amplatzer Vascular Plug (AVP) has been utilized to occlude a congenital portosystemic venous shunt (CPSVS) that is a rare splanchnic venous anomaly. We present a case of a 12-year-old boy in whom device migration and portal vein thrombosis occurred after transcatheter closure of CPSVS using AVP type...