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Fig. 6B. 41-year-old man with portal vein stenosis after living related liver
transplantation with right lobe graft. Transhepatic portogram shows high-grade
stenosis of portal vein and retrograde flow in coronary vein. Pressure
gradient between prestenotic and poststenotic regions is 10 mm Hg. After
balloon angioplasty and placement of Wallstent (Schneider, Minneapolis, MN,
and Buelach, Switzerland), portal vein at anastomotic site is widely patent
and pressure gradient across stenosis decreased to 1 mm Hg (not shown).