Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt for recurrent hepatic hydrothorax

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 609-611

  Conklin, Lori D ^a   Estrera, Anthony L ^a   Weiner, Morris A ^a   Reardon, Patrick R ^a   Reardon, Michael J ^a,b  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; DIAPHRAGM; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURODESIS; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX DRAINAGE;

HUMANS; HYDROTHORAX; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PORTASYSTEMIC SHUNT, TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0034087611     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01351-X     Document Type: Article

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