Evaluation of a model to predict poor survival in patients undergoing elective TIPS procedures

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1103-1108

  Ferral, Hector ^a   Vasan, Rajiv ^a   Speeg, Kermit V ^b   Serna, Samuel ^a   Young, Carmen ^a   Postoak, Darren W ^a   Wholey, Michael H ^a   McMahan, C Alex ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypertension, portal; Shunts, portosystemic

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MORTALITY; NOMOGRAM; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0036849006     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1051-0443(07)61951-4     Document Type: Article

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