Abstract
Thoracic duct decompression (TDD) is an idea first proposed and applied as a novel therapeutic strategy by lymphologists in the 1960's. TDD is recently being reexamined and, in selected patients with portal hypertension from hepatic cirrhosis or with central venous hypertension from isolated right-sided heart failure, undertaken using advanced surgical and image-guided interventional radiologic approaches.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 51-54 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Lymphology |
Volume | 53 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2020 |
Keywords
- Decompression
- Hepatic cirrhosis
- Overload
- Right heart failure
- Shunts
- Stent-graft
- Thoracic duct
- Thoracic duct-venous junction
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Immunology and Allergy
- Hematology