Three-dimensional CT angiography of spontaneous portosystemic shunts

Radiographics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 691-704

  Henseler, Kevin P ^a   Pozniak, Myron A ^a   Lee Jr , Fred T ^a   Winter III, Thomas C ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT), angiography, 95.12916; Computed tomography (CT), three dimensional, 95.12917; Hypertension, portal, 957.711; Liver, cirrhosis, 761.794; Shunts, portosystemic, 95.711; Varices, 95.711

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; HUMAN; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035344286     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiographics.21.3.g01ma14691     Document Type: Article

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