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- Title
Arterioportal Fistula: A Role for Pre-TIPSS Arteriography and Hepatic Venous Pressure Measurements.
- Authors
Shields, Steven J.; Byse, Barbara H.; Grace, Norman D.
- Abstract
A 70-yr-old male presented with massive upper gastrointestinal bleeding secondary to esophageal varices. Because the bleeding was not controlled by sclerotherapy or vasopressin and nitroglycerin, the patient was evaluated for a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt. Preprocedure arteriography was performed because the etiology of the portal hypertension was uncertain. The arteriogram revealed a hepatic artery to portal vein fistula. Hepatic venous pressure measurements documented an elevated hepatic venous pressure gradient, which diminished dramatically upon embolization of the fistula. Rebleeding from the varices was associated with reestablishment of the fistula via collaterals and elevation of the hepatic venous pressure gradient. The case is presented to establish a role for arteriography prior to transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunting, especially in patients with unexplained portal hypertension, and to establish the potential value of hepatic venous pressure measurements in the treatment of arterioportal fistulas.
- Subjects
FISTULA; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL varices; PORTAL hypertension; HEPATIC artery
- Publication
American Journal of Gastroenterology (Springer Nature), 1992, Vol 87, Issue 12, p1828
- ISSN
0002-9270
- Publication type
Article