Outcome and Hepatic Hemodynamics in Liver Transplant Patients with Portal Vein Arterialization

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 146-151

  Charco, Ramón ^a   Margarit, Carlos ^a   López Talavera, Juan Carlos ^a   Hidalgo, Ernest ^a   Castells, Lluis ^a   Allende, Helena ^a   Segarra, Antonio ^a   Moreíras, Margarita ^a   Bilbao, Itxarone ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hepatic hemodynamics; Liver transplantation; Portal vein arterialization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTAL VEIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035401228     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-6143.2001.10208.x     Document Type: Article

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