3 results match your criteria: "Grenoble University 1[Affiliation]"

Stent-graft narrowed with a lasso catheter: an adjustable TIPS reduction technique.

J Vasc Interv Radiol

February 2010

Department of Radiology, Chu A. Michallon, Grenoble University 1, La Tronche, BP 217, Grenoble 38043, France.

The authors describe an endovascular technique to reduce shunt diameter in the management of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS)-induced refractory hepatic encephalopathy. Five patients were treated with a constrained stent-graft by using a commercially available balloon-expandable stent-graft narrowed by using a lasso catheter. This offers the possibility of an adjustable reduction of the shunt diameter.

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Endovascular stent-graft management of aortic intramural hematomas.

J Vasc Interv Radiol

June 2009

Department of Radiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire A. Michallon, Grenoble University 1, La Tronche, BP217, Grenoble 38043, France.

Purpose: To report initial experience with endovascular stent-grafting in aortic intramural hematoma (IMH).

Materials And Methods: From 2000 to 2006, 15 patients (mean age, 67 years; range, 54-83 y) underwent endovascular treatment of aortic IMH. Thirteen patients were admitted for acute aortic syndrome and two for traumatic aortic injury.

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