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SUBMITTER: Chengalath MM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7525646 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chengalath Manoras Mathew MM Mathew Thomas T Kumar Lijesh L Periappuram Jose Chacko JC Chellappan Subramanian S Francis Edwin E
Indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 20180920 1
Stenting of hepatic veins can be a long lasting solution for Budd-Chiari syndrome. These stents could very rarely migrate into the right atrium. During surgical retrieval, cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) can be avoided if vena caval inflow occlusion (VCIO) is used. A hybrid alternative of VCIO by using a balloon to occlude the inferior vena cava was done to retrieve the stent thus avoiding CPB and total circulatory arrest. ...[more]