Veins of retzius at CT during arterial portography: Anatomy and clinical importance

Radiology

Volumn 209, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 793-800

  Ibukuro, Kenji ^a   Tsukiyama, Toshitaka ^a   Mori, Koichi ^a   Inoue, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a MITSUI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT), helical; Portal vein, CT; Portography; Shunts, portosystemic; Veins, Retzius; Venae cavae, CT

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOPAMIDOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; KIDNEY VEIN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC VEIN;

EID: 0031672365     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.209.3.9844676     Document Type: Article

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