Detachable balloon embolization of an arterioportal fistula following liver biopsy in a liver transplant recipient: A case report and review of literature

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 832-835

  Botelberge, Thomas ^a   Van Vlierberghe, Hans ^a   Voet, Dirk ^a   Defreyne, Luc ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arterioportal fistula; Embolization; Liver biopsy; Liver transplant recipient

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ASCITES; BALLOON CATHETER; BALLOON EMBOLIZATION; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; REVIEW;

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; BALLOON OCCLUSION; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RARE DISEASES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 27744485352     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-004-0193-3     Document Type: Review

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