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- Title
Image-guided treatment of Budd-Chiari syndrome: a giant leap from the past, a small step towards the future.
- Authors
Wang, Qiuhe; Han, Guohong
- Abstract
Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) is a relatively rare vascular disease characterized by hepatic outflow tract obstruction, and image-guided endovascular treatment, namely percutaneous angioplasty, stenting, and transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS), has proven to be effective treatment modalities to alleviate symptoms and markedly improve the prognosis of the disease. Specifically, a step-wise approach is recommended, i.e., angioplasty and stenting are the prioritized choice for patients with membranous obstruction and short-length stenosis, whereas TIPS is the option for patients who fail this treatment. Currently, 5-year survival with the step-wise approach is about 75%, and the most promising way to further improve this value is to identify candidates who are at high risk of failing angioplasty, and perform pre-emptive TIPS in these patients.
- Subjects
HEPATIC veins; BUDD-Chiari syndrome; ANGIOPLASTY; SURGICAL stents; COMPUTER-assisted surgery; SURGICAL anastomosis
- Publication
Abdominal Radiology, 2018, Vol 43, Issue 8, p1908
- ISSN
2366-004X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00261-017-1341-y