Multislice spiral CT angiography in evaluation of liver transplantation candidates

Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Diseases International

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 32-36

  Guo, Dong Mei ^a   Bian, Jie ^a  

^a DALIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Candidates; Liver transplantation; Multislice helical CT; Three dimensional CT angiography; X ray computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CELIAC ARTERY; CELIAC ARTERY STENOSIS; CHI SQUARE TEST; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PORTAL VEIN; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SPLEEN ARTERY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CELIAC ARTERY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 14844315004     PISSN: 14993872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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