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Improvement of protein‐losing enteropathy by coil embolization of the left azygos vein
Author(s) -
Ishii Akira,
Fuse Shigeto,
Kubo Noriaki,
Hatakeyama Kinya,
Takamuro Motoki,
Tomita Hideshi,
Tsutsumi Hiroyuki
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.10544
Subject(s) - medicine , azygos vein , stenosis , protein losing enteropathy , shunt (medical) , radiology , ventricle , enteropathy , superior vena cava , embolization , vein , cardiology , disease
We report a 17‐year‐old boy with double‐outlet right ventricle, atrioventricular septal defect, pulmonary stenosis, and persistent left superior vena cava who developed a protein‐losing enteropathy, which was cured by coil embolization of the left azygos vein, thereby interrupting the vein‐to‐vein shunt. Cathet Cardiovasc Intervent 2003;59:399–401. © 2003 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.