Use of a mechanical thrombectomy device to recanalize a subacutely occluded aortohepatic bypass after orthotopic liver transplantation

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 401-404

  Loupatatzis, Christos ^a   Stoupis, Christoforos ^a   Seiler, Christian ^a   Candinas, Daniel ^a   Do, Dai Do ^a   Triller, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aortohepatic bypass graft; Complication; Liver transplantation; Mechanical thrombectomy; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; PHENPROCOUMON;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTERIAL CIRCULATION; ARTERY BYPASS; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELIAC ARTERY STENOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; REVASCULARIZATION; THROMBECTOMY; VASCULAR PATENCY;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 20444491968     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/04-1447R.1     Document Type: Article

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