Endovascular treatment of stenosis between hepatic vein and inferior vena cava following liver transplantation in a child: A case report

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 576-580

  Carnevale, Francisco Cesar ^a   Borges, Marcus Vinicius ^a   De Paula Pinto, Ricardo Augusto ^a   Oliva, José Luiz ^a   De Castro Andrade, Wagner ^a   Maksoud, João Gilberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Hepatic vein stenosis; Hepatic venous obstruction; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PHLEBOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STENOSIS;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BALLOON DILATATION; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MICROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENCE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETREATMENT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 11144240596     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2004.00213.x     Document Type: Article

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