Occlusion of an Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt With an Amplatzer Septal Occluder Device in a Dog.

This paper describes the use of an Amplatzer occluder device to attenuate an intrahepatic portosystemic shunt in a dog. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first description of the use of an Amplatzer occluder device for a large intrahepatic shunt. Shunt attenuation in this case was successful with no major complications. The use of such device could be made routine for bigger shunt vessels of suitable configuration instead of accumulating coils or having to proceed with open laparotomy surgery.