Use of perfusional angiosonography in liver transplantation and conservative management of post-transplant intra-hepatic pseudo-aneurysm

Transplant International

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 634-638

  Piscaglia, Fabio ^a   Cecilioni, Laura ^a   Gaiani, Stefano ^a   Rossi, Cristina ^a   Losinno, Francesco ^a   Cescon, Matteo ^a   Camaggi, Valeria ^a   Mancini, Mikaela ^a   Bolondi, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasound; Hepatic arterial pseudo aneurysm; Ultrasound contrast agent

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CASE REPORT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE ANEURYSM; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; MALE; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANEURYSM, FALSE; ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 12144269024     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00147-004-0731-6     Document Type: Article

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