TY - JOUR AU - Berthod, Pierre-Emmanuel AU - Chevallier, Olivier AU - Latournerie, Marianne AU - Gehin, Sophie AU - Falvo, Nicolas AU - Midulla, Marco AU - Loffroy, Romaric PY - 2018 TI - Atypical use of ALN inferior vena cava filters as protection devices prior to embolization of a large portosystemic shunt with amplatzer vascular plugs and Glubran 2 cyanoacrylate glue JF - Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery; Vol 8, No 4 (May 30, 2018): Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery Y2 - 2018 KW - N2 - Spontaneous portosystemic shunts usually develop as a result of portal hypertension caused by liver cirrhosis, and may subsequently lead to hepatic encephalopathy (1,2). In cases of severe portal hypertension, a part of the portal blood may reverse direction and pass through the portosystemic anastomoses into the systemic venous system. UR - https://qims.amegroups.org/article/view/19003