Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
3-month-old Golden Retriever treated for liver shunt with coil
By Partington, B P et al.·Published in Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association·1993·Department of Surgery·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Transvenous coil embolization for treatment of patent ductus venosus in a dog.
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Plain-English summary
A 3-month-old Golden Retriever was diagnosed with a congenital liver condition called a portosystemic shunt, which was causing serious health issues. To treat this, veterinarians used a minimally invasive procedure called transvenous coil embolization, where they placed coils into the shunt to gradually close it. This method involved four separate procedures and allowed the dog's blood flow to return to normal without the need for major surgery. The pup's condition improved significantly, showing that this approach could be a safer alternative to traditional surgery for similar cases.
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Abstract
A congenital intrahepatic portosystemic shunt was successfully closed in a 3-month-old Golden Retriever by use of a transvenous coil embolization procedure. The pup's patent ductus venosus was occluded by placing 8 Dacron fiber-covered, stainless steel, spring embolization coils into the shunt vessel through a catheter placed through the jugular vein. Four separate embolization procedures were performed to gradually close the portosystemic shunt and to allow intrahepatic portal perfusion to reform. Transvenous embolization may prove to be a better therapeutic alternative than surgery for correction of intrahepatic shunts because of its decreased invasiveness, lower mortality, and ability to gradually narrow the shunt lumen.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8428835/