Fatal variceal rupture after sildenafil use: Report of a case

Current Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-56

  Finley, David S ^a   Lugo, Brian ^a   Ridgway, James ^a   Teng, Wang ^a   Imagawa, David K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Portal hypertension; Varix

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; HEMOGLOBIN; SILDENAFIL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMOPERITONEUM; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; OMENTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARICOSIS; VEIN LIGATION; VEIN RUPTURE;

3',5'-CYCLIC-GMP PHOSPHODIESTERASE; ADULT; FATAL OUTCOME; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; OMENTUM; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; PIPERAZINES; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; VARICOSE VEINS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 13844296611     PISSN: 01497944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cursur.2004.06.019     Document Type: Article

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