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Fig. 1E —18-year-old man with portal vein thrombosis and variceal bleeding (patient 3, Table 2). Patient had previously undergone splenectomy for lymphoma. Phlebographic control images obtained 6 months after procedure show severe stenosis of portal vein, distal to stent-graft margin (D). Patient was asymptomatic, but high portosystemic pressure gradient was observed (20 mm Hg). Memotherm stent (diameter, 12 mm; length, 80 mm; Bard Peripheral Vascular) was successfully deployed (E). Stent-graft was patent and patient asymptomatic at 34 months' follow-up.