Gastroduodenal artery steal syndrome during liver transplantation: Intraoperative diagnosis with Doppler ultrasound and management

Transplant International

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 350-353

  Nishida, Seigo ^a,b   Kadono, Jun ^a   DeFaria, Werviston ^a   Levi, David M ^a   Moon, Jang I ^a   Tzakis, Andreas G ^a   Madariaga, Juan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b Highland Professional Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasound; Gastroduodenal artery steal syndrome; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTERY PERFUSION; ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; ARTERY STEAL SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; GASTRODUODENAL ARTERY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; DUODENUM; ECHOGRAPHY; HEPATIC ARTERY; ISCHEMIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STOMACH; SYNDROME; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; DUODENUM; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; ISCHEMIA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; STOMACH; SYNDROME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 20844449728     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2004.00065.x     Document Type: Article

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