Cardiovascular and interventional radiology
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Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol · Jan 1981
Case ReportsArterial embolization for traumatic hemobilia with hepato-portal fistula.
A case of blunt liver trauma complicated by delayed upper gastrointestinal bleeding, probably hemobilia, was successfully treated by intra-arterial embolization. Laparotomy with liver resection or hepatic artery ligation--procedures that carry a high morbidity and mortality in a critically ill patient--were avoided. Embolization techniques can be a valuable alternative to surgery in the management of hepatic trauma with delayed hemorrhage in selected, high-risk cases.
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Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol · Jan 1981
Intralobar pulmonary sequestration: value of aortography and pulmonary arteriography.
Twelve patients with plain roentgenographic findings of intralobar pulmonary sequestration were evaluated with aortography and, in most instances, pulmonary arteriography. Correlative criteria from aortography and pulmonary arteriography permit a precise diagnosis to be made. Pulmonary infections must be differentiated from intralobar pulmonary sequestration because treatment for the latter should be surgical.