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Feasibility and Effectiveness of Using Coronary Stents in the Treatment of Hepatic Artery Stenoses After Orthotopic Liver Transplantation

Preliminary Report

¹ Department of Radiology, Hôpital Beaujon, 100 Blvd. du Géneral Leclerc, 92118, Clichy, France.
² Present address: Department of Radiology and Interventional Radiology, CHUV 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.
³ Department of Radiology, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, 9 Ave. Charles de Gaulle, 92104 Boulogne, France.
⁴ Department of Hepatology, Hôpital Beaujon, 92118 Clichy, France.
⁵ Department of Digestive Surgery, Hôpital Beaujon, 92118 Clichy, France.

OBJECTIVE. Our aim is to evaluate the feasibility, efficacy, and patency of using coronary stents for the treatment of hepatic artery stenosis after liver transplantation.

CONCLUSION. Hepatic artery stenosis after liver transplantation can be treated using coronary stents. The low rate of complication, high technical success, and 1-year patency rates are encouraging.

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