Splenic arterial interventions: Anatomy, indications, technical considerations, and potential complications

Radiographics

Volumn 25, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages

  Madoff, David C ^a   Denys, Alban ^b   Wallace, Michael J ^a   Murthy, Ravi ^a   Gupta, Sanjay ^a   Pillsbury, Edmund P ^a   Ahrar, Kamran ^a   Bessoud, Bertrand ^b   Hicks, Marshall E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SPLEEN; SPLEEN ARTERY; SPLEEN DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPLEEN; SPLENIC ARTERY; SPLENIC DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 28044440520     PISSN: 15271323     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.25si055504     Document Type: Review

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