Endoluminal management of arterioportal fistulae in liver transplant recipients: A single-center experience

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 451-459

  Saad, Wael E A ^a   Davies, Mark G ^a   Rubens, Deborah J ^a   Sahler, Lawrence G ^a   Patel, Nikhil C ^a   Lee, David E ^a   Kitanosono, Takashi ^a   Sasson, Talia ^a   Waldman, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterioportal fistulae; Doppler ultrasound; Embolization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLOOD VESSEL FISTULA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT PRESERVATION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; LIVER ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VASCULAR PATENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845652271     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538574406294072     Document Type: Article

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