Management of Hepatic Artery Steno-Occlusive Complications After Liver Transplantation

Techniques in Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 207-220

  Saad, Wael E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

angioplasty; complications; hepatic artery; liver transplant; stenosis; thrombosis

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTERY LESION; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTERY PERFORATION; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTERY SPASM; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEPATIC ARTERY KINK; HEPATIC ARTERY STENOSIS; HEPATIC ARTERY THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; LIVER ANGIOGRAPHY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MORPHOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; REVASCULARIZATION;

ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STENTS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 37049022582     PISSN: 10892516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.tvir.2007.09.015     Document Type: Article

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