Pulmonary Arterial Coil Embolization for the Management of Persistent Type I Hepatopulmonary Syndrome after Liver Transplantation

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1576-1580

  Saad, Nael E A ^a   Lee, David E ^a   Waldman, David L ^a   Saad, Wael E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COIL EMBOLIZATION; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG ARTERY COIL EMBOLIZATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANGIOGRAPHY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 36348945190     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2007.08.008     Document Type: Article

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