Create an artificial blood vessel to connect the right atrium and the obstructed end of the inferior vena cava, bypassing the blockage.
Another doctor suggested further ideas based on the realistic scenarios.
"It doesn't have to be atrial-caval shunt, it could also be intestinal-atrial shunt or splenic-atrial shunt. Because it's uncertain which method is better, they use TEE to estimate which surgical procedure would be most beneficial for the patient."
Intestinal-atrial shunt and splenic-atrial shunt, just like atrial-caval shunt, as the names imply, only differ in that the end of the inferior vena cava is replaced by the superior mesenteric vein or splenic vein to connect with the right atrium, likewise creating an artificial blood vessel to bypass the obstructed segment.
"What you all say makes sense, but if Dr. Tao's team wants to try this, I think they can be a bit bolder with their thinking. They can attempt to combine these various shunt procedures."
