Treatment of inferior Vena Cava anastomotic stenoses with the Wallstent endoprosthesis after orthotopic liver transplantation

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-22

  Borsa, John J ^a   Daly, Charles P ^a   Fontaine, Arthur B ^a   Patel, Nilesh H ^b   Althaus, Sandra J ^a   Hoffer, Eric K ^a   Winter, Thomas C ^a   Nghiem, Hanh Vu ^a   McVicar, John P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Liver, transplantation; Venae cavae, stenosis or obstruction; Venae cavae, stents and prostheses

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; UROKINASE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOPROSTHESIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032960934     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1051-0443(99)70003-5     Document Type: Article

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