Small-diameter H-graft portacaval shunt reduces portal flow yet maintains effective hepatic blood flow

American Surgeon

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-76

  Zervos, Emmanuel E ^a   Goode, Sarah E ^a   Rosemurgy, Alexander S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PORTOCAVAL SHUNT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; VARICOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTACAVAL SHUNT, SURGICAL; PORTAL PRESSURE; PORTAL SYSTEM; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0031984502     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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