Implantable Doppler probe for continuous monitoring of blood flow after liver transplantation

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 52, Issue 61, 2005, Pages 194-196

  Kaneko, Junichi ^a   Sugawara, Yasuhiko ^a   Akamatsu, Nobuhisa ^a   Kishi, Yoji ^a   Kokudo, Norihiro ^a   Makuuchi, Masatoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Doppler; Implantable probe; Liver transplantation; Living donor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HEPATIC ARTERY THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PORTAL VEIN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 14144252195     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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