1. Hepatic artery ligation for cardiac failure due to hepatic hemangioma in the newborn
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Kyo Rak Lee, Thomas M. Holder, and Leone F. Mattioli
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Hepatic Hemangioma ,Cardiac Catheterization ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Hemodynamics ,Hepatic Veins ,Infant, Newborn, Diseases ,Hepatic Artery ,medicine.artery ,Internal medicine ,Liver enzyme ,medicine ,Humans ,Ligation ,Heart Failure ,Hepatic artery ligation ,Common hepatic artery ,business.industry ,Liver Neoplasms ,Successful ligation ,Angiography ,Infant, Newborn ,Infant ,General Medicine ,Surgery ,Arteriovenous Fistula ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Cardiology ,Female ,Hemangioma ,business - Abstract
Summary A 6-wk-old infant born with large hepatic hemangioma underwent successful ligation of the common hepatic artery with marked clinical and hemodynamic improvement of her profound cardiac failure. No alteration of liver enzymes was noted. At 2 yr of age, this infant is clinically normal. We feel on the basis of this case and of two other previously reported cases that ligation of the common hepatic artery is a safe and effective means of therapy for cardiac failure due to diffuse intrahepatic arteriovenous fistulas in the newborn.
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- 1974
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