Hepatic Artery thrombosis remains one of the major causes of graft failure and mortality in liver transplant recipients. Urgent re-transplantation has been considered as mainstay therapy; however, even with re-transplantation mortality of more than 50% has been reported by many series. Early detection on Doppler ultrasonography and subsequent revascularization in asymptomatic patients can avoid graft loss. Endovascular therapy including intra-arterial thrombolysis, percutaneous transluminal angioplasty, and stent placement have shown encouraging results in recent years; nevertheless, their use remains controversial due to potential risk of bleeding. We present a case of early hepatic artery thrombosis following liver transplantation treated successfully with continuous transcatheter intra-arterial thrombolysis using tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA).
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