The role of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt in the management of portal hypertension

Hepatology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 386-400

  Boyer, Thomas D ^a,c   Haskal, Ziv J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Columbia Univ Coll Phys Surgs ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCITES; BLEEDING; BRAIN DISEASE; BUDD CHIARI SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; MORTALITY; PARACENTESIS; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSIS;

HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; PORTASYSTEMIC SHUNT, TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC;

EID: 12844268060     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.20559     Document Type: Review

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