Portal hypertension due to traumatic hepatic arterioportal fistula: Report of successful embolization

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1057-1059

  Kirchgatterer, Andreas ^a   Baldinger, Christian ^b   Lenglinger, Franz ^b   Fröhler, Wolfgang ^b   Meindl, Stefan ^b   Zisch, Rainer ^b   Kramar, Reinhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Abdominal trauma; Angiography; Arterioportal fistula; Embolization; Portal hypertension

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ASCITES; ECHOGRAPHY; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENOMEGALY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0032436994     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-199812000-00014     Document Type: Article

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