Stent Placement for the Treatment of Portal Vein Stenosis or Occlusion in Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1215-1221

  Ko, Gi Young ^a   Sung, Kyu Bo ^a   Lee, SungGyu ^a   Yoon, Hyun Ki ^a   Kim, Kyung Rae ^a   Kim, Kyung Mo ^b   Lee, Young Joo ^a  

^a Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER GRAFT; MALE; MESENTERIC VEIN; PEDIATRICS; PORTAL VEIN OBSTRUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; THROMBOSIS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STENTS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VASCULAR PATENCY; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 34548833572     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2007.06.029     Document Type: Article

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