Bleeding duodenal varices successfully treated with TIPS

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1738-1741

  Almeida, Jazon R ^a   Trevisan, Leonardo ^a   Guerrazzi, Fábio ^a   Mesquita, Maria A ^a   Ferraz, Jośe G ^a   Montes, Ciro G ^a   Kisilwzky, Ńestor H ^a   Yamanaka, Ademar ^a   Soares, Elza C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bleeding; Cirrhosis; Duodenal varices; Portal hypertension; TIPS

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DUODENUM; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; VARICOSIS; VASCULARIZATION;

DUODENUM; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTASYSTEMIC SHUNT, TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 33846912570     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-006-9335-6     Document Type: Article

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