Clinical Outcome after Intrahepatic Venous Stent Placement for Malignant Inferior Vena Cava Syndrome

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 129-136

  Brountzos, Elias N ^a,b   Binkert, Christoph A ^a   Panagiotou, Irene E ^a   Petersen, Bryan D ^a   Timmermans, Hans ^a   Lakin, Paul C ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

IVC syndrome; Malignancy; Palliation; Stent; Venous stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASARCA; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; EDEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; INFERIOR VENOCAVOGRAPHY; LEG SWELLING; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCROTUM; STENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VULVA;

EID: 2342650861     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-003-0009-x     Document Type: Article

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