Gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance venography of the portal venous system prior to transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts and liver transplantation: Original investigation

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 644-652

  Wilson, Mark W ^a   Hamilton, Brian H ^b   Dong, Qian ^b   Stafford Johnson, David B ^b   Kazanjian, Sahira N ^b   Williams, David M ^b   Marx, M Victoria ^b   Cho, Kyung J ^b   Prince, Martin R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast enhancement; Liver transplantation; Magnetic resonance; Portal hypertension; Portal vein; Portosystemic shunts; Vascular studies

Indexed keywords

GADODIAMIDE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032470388     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004424-199809000-00020     Document Type: Article

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