Feasibility and Effectiveness of Using Coronary Stents in the Treatment of Hepatic Artery Stenoses After Orthotopic Liver Transplantation
Preliminary Report
Alban L. Denys1,2,
Salah D. Qanadli3,
François Durand4,
Valerie Vilgrain1,
Olivier Farges5,
Jacques Belghiti5,
Pascal Lacombe3 and
Yves Menu1
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.

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Fig. 1A. 48-year-old man with abnormal findings on hepatic artery
Doppler study. Hepatic artery angiogram shows stenosis located in graft
hepatic artery beyond anastomosis (arrow).
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Fig. 1B. 48-year-old man with abnormal findings on hepatic artery
Doppler study. Angiogram obtained after placement of NIR stent (Scimed-Boston
Scientific, La Garenne Colombes, France) of 5 mm in diameter shows stenosis
(arrow) has been reduced.
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Fig. 1C. 48-year-old man with abnormal findings on hepatic artery
Doppler study. Angiogram obtained at 1-year follow-up shows no recurrence of
stenosis.
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Fig. 2A. 58-year-old man with suspected ischemic cholangitis. Celiac
angiogram reveals anastomotic stricture (arrow).
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Fig. 2B. 58-year-old man with suspected ischemic cholangitis.
Angiogram obtained after placement of Gianturco-Roubin stent (Cook,
Bjaeverskov, Denmark) shows spasm over stent that is almost occlusing
artery.
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Fig. 2C. 58-year-old man with suspected ischemic cholangitis.
Angiogram obtained after repeated balloon dilations had been performed shows
stent is now fully opened.
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Fig. 2D. 58-year-old man with suspected ischemic cholangitis.
Angiogram obtained at 1-year follow-up shows no restenosis and artery is
widely patent.
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Fig. 3A. Kaplan-Meier curves estimate primary and secondary stent
patency. Graphs indicate primary (A) and secondary (B) stent
patency found in our follow-up at 3, 6, and 12 months of 13 patients whose
hepatic artery stenoses after liver transplantation were treated with coronary
stents.
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Fig. 3B. Kaplan-Meier curves estimate primary and secondary stent
patency. Graphs indicate primary (A) and secondary (B) stent
patency found in our follow-up at 3, 6, and 12 months of 13 patients whose
hepatic artery stenoses after liver transplantation were treated with coronary
stents.
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