Post-transplant IVC occlusion and thrombosis treated with tPA, heparin, and sharp recanalization

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 302-305

  Mindikoglu, Ayse L ^a   Miller, Jonathan S ^b   Borge, Marc A ^a   Van Thiel, David H ^a,c  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ST LUKE S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Inferior vena cava; Liver transplantation; Sharp dissection IVC; Thrombosis; Tissue plasminogen activator

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GANCICLOVIR; HEPARIN; LAMIVUDINE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; STENT; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

BALLOON DILATATION; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; DISSECTION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMORAL VEIN; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPARIN; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; ILIAC VEIN; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOGRAPHY; STENTS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 18144369276     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-004-1539-y     Document Type: Article

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