Primary Gianturco stent placement for inferior vena cava abnormalities following liver transplantation

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 2 I, 2000, Pages 177-187

  Weeks, Susan M ^a   Gerber, David A ^a   Jaques, Paul F ^a   Sandhu, Jeet ^a   Johnson, Mark W ^a   Fair, Jeffrey H ^a   Mauro, Matthew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Liver, transplantation; Stents and prostheses; Venae cavae, stents and prostheses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAVOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT;

EID: 0033999542     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1051-0443(07)61462-6     Document Type: Article

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