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Atrial septal defect occlusion by a catheter during reperfusion of homograft in a case of living donor liver transplantation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2021

Shiro Baba*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto City, Kyoto606-8507, Japan
Takuya Hirata
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto City, Kyoto606-8507, Japan
Hideaki Okajima
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto City, Kyoto606-8507, Japan
*
Author for correspondence: Shiro Baba, MD, PhD, 54 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto606-8507, Japan. Tel: +81 75 751 3291. E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

Liver transplantation for patients with atrial septal defect and pulmonary artery stenosis, causing high right atrium pressure, raises concerns about embolism in systemic vessels during reperfusion of the donor liver graft. Temporal atrial septal defect occlusion by a catheter is a simple and easy method of preventing the complication.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press

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