Value of CT and Doppler sonography in the evaluation of hepatic vein stenosis after dual-graft living donor liver transplantation

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 101-108

  Seung, Soo Lee ^a   Kim, Kyoung Won ^a   Seong, Ho Park ^a   Yong, Moon Shin ^a   Pyo, Nyun Kim ^a   Sung, Gyu Lee ^a   Lee, Moon Gyu ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CT; Doppler sonography; Hepatic vein stenosis; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER ANGIOGRAPHY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER VEIN OBSTRUCTION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEPATIC VENO-OCCLUSIVE DISEASE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 34250822328     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.06.1366     Document Type: Article

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