Splenic artery embolization for variceal hemorrhage following blocked distal splenorenal shunt

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 50, Issue 52, 2003, Pages 1167-1168

  Shah, Sudeep R ^a,b   Pramesh, C S ^a   Deshmukh, Hemant L ^a   Mathur, S K ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b P D HINDUJA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Gastric varices; Portal hypertension surgery

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOSCOPIC SCLEROTHERAPY; FOLLOW UP; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; PORTAL VEIN OBSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN ARTERY; SPLENIC VEIN; SPLENORENAL SHUNT; STOMACH HEMORRHAGE; STOMACH VARICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; SPLENIC ARTERY; SPLENIC VEIN; SPLENORENAL SHUNT, SURGICAL; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0038677060     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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