Percutaneous salvage of a failing rex shunt

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 399-402

  Thornton, Raymond H ^a   Kerlan, Robert K ^b   Gordon, Roy L ^b   LaBerge, Jeanne M ^b   Wilson, Mark W ^b   Wolanske, Kristen A ^b   Roberts, John P ^c  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCTREOTIDE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; LIVER BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTAL PHLEBOGRAPHY; PORTAL VEIN; PORTAL VEIN OBSTRUCTION; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLENOMEGALY; STENT;

EID: 14844364982     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.RVI.0000151143.49846.E0     Document Type: Article

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