Open AccessNovel transcatheter treatment for staged closure of Abernethy malformation with portal hypoplasia
Author(s) -
Deepa Sasikumar,
Jineesh Valakkada,
Harshith Kramadhari,
Anoop Ayyappan,
Kavassery Mahadevan Krishnamoorthy
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
annals of pediatric cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-2069
pISSN - 0974-5149
DOI - 10.4103/apc.apc_189_20
Subject(s) - medicine , hypoplasia , closure (psychology) , surgery , economics , market economy
Portosystemic shunts are rare congenital malformations that come to attention due to various hepatic and extrahepatic manifestations. Management of this malformation is dictated by the presence and adequacy of intrahepatic portal radicals. Staged occlusion of the shunt is recommended in patients with severely hypoplastic portal radicals. We describe a novel transcatheter technique that we improvised for staged occlusion of Abernethy malformation in a 2-year-old girl.