Hepatic artery thrombosis and intraoperative hepatic artery flow rates in adult orthotopic liver transplantation

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 798-800

  Lin, Martin ^a   Crawford, Michael ^a   Fisher, Jodi ^a   Hitos, Kerry ^a   Verran, Deborah ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood flow velocity; Hepatic artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LINEAR MODELS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NEW SOUTH WALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0036434997     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-2197.2002.02552.x     Document Type: Article

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