Accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging for preoperative detection of portal vein thrombosis in liver transplant candidates

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1682-1688

  Shah, Tilak U ^a   Semelka, Richard C ^a   Voultsinos, Vasilis ^a   Elias Jr , Jorge ^a   Altun, Ersan ^a   Pamuklar, Ertan ^a   Firat, Zeynep ^a   Gerber, David A ^a   Fair, Jeffrey ^a   Russo, Mark W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADODIAMIDE; GADOLINIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; THROMBECTOMY; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33750978139     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20873     Document Type: Article

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