Liver transplantation in patients with splenorenal shunts: Intraoperative flow measurements to indicate shunt occlusion

Liver Transplantation and Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-39

  Margarit, C ^a   Lazaro, J L ^a   Charco, R ^a   Hidalgo, E ^a   Revhaug, A ^a   Murio, E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENORENAL SHUNT;

EID: 0032945081     PISSN: 10743022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.500050114     Document Type: Article

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