Embolization of the left portal vein to inferior vena cava shunts for chronic recurrent hepatic encephalopathy via the mesenteric vein

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1425-1428

  Takayama, Yuichi ^a,b,c   Moriura, Shigeaki ^a   Nagata, Junichi ^a   Akutagawa, Atsushi ^a   Hirano, Atsushi ^a   Ishiguro, Seiji ^a   Matsumoto, Takatoshi ^a   Sato, Taichiro ^a  

^a Yachiyo Hospital   (Japan)

^b JAPANESE RED CROSS NAGOYA FIRST HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Embolization; Hepatic encephalopathy; Portal systemic shunt

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA;

AGED; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LAPAROTOMY; MESENTERIC VEIN; PORTAL PHLEBOGRAPHY; PORTAL VEIN; PORTOCAVAL SHUNT; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035702640     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1746.2001.02508.x     Document Type: Article

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