Hepatic artery thrombosis and graft ischemia in the presence of preserved arterial inflow: Not a contradiction but a real possibility

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 710-711

  La Barba, Giuliano ^a   Vivarelli, Marco ^a,b   Golfieri, Rita ^a   Tamè, Maria Rosa ^a   Caputo, Mauro ^a   Piscaglia, Fabio ^a   Cavallari, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Dipto di Discipline Chirurgiche   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT DILATATION; CAROLI DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CELIAC ANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLEDOCHOJEJUNOSTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG MEGADOSE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS; JAUNDICE; LIVER ANGIOGRAPHY; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS;

ADULT; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; CAROLI DISEASE; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; THROMBOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 2442527920     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20163     Document Type: Article

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