Hepatic artery stenosis in liver transplant recipients: Primary treatment with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 795-805

  Saad, Wael E A ^a   Davies, Mark G ^a   Sahler, Lawrence ^a   Lee, David E ^a   Patel, Nikhil C ^a   Kitanosono, Takashi ^a   Sasson, Talia ^a   Waldman, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIVER GRAFT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RESTENOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVASCULARIZATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 20544455692     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.RVI.0000156441.12230.13     Document Type: Article

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