Thrombotic and nonthrombotic hepatic artery complications in adults and children following primary liver transplantation with long-term follow-up in 1000 consecutive patients

Transplant International

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-37

  Jain, Ashokkumar ^a,b   Costa, Guilherme ^b   Marsh, Wallis ^b   Fontes, Paulo ^b   Devera, Michael ^b   Mazariegos, George ^b   Reyes, Jorge ^c   Patel, Kusum ^b   Mohanka, Ravi ^a   Gadomski, Mary ^b   Fung, John ^d   Marcos, Amadeo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Early hepatic artery thrombosis; Hepatic artery pseudo aneurysm; Hepatic artery stenosis; Hepatic artery thrombosis; Intermediate hepatic artery thrombosis; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOSIS; CLASSIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CHILD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644876965     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2005.00224.x     Document Type: Article

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