Paclitaxel coated-stent for early-onset thrombosis after liver transplantation

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 272-275

  Reyes Corona, Jesús ^a,b   Gonzalez Huezo, María S ^a   Zea Medina, María V ^a   Zamora Valdés, Daniel ^b   Victoria Campos, José L ^a   Mondragon Sanchez, Ricardo J ^a  

^a Secretaria de Finanzas del Distrito Federal   (Mexico)

^b LIVER RESEARCH UNIT   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Balloon angioplasty; Hepatic artery thrombosis; Liver transplantation; Stent

Indexed keywords

PACLITAXEL;

ADULT; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG ELUTING STENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; LIVER GRAFT; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

EID: 37749003267     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31911-8     Document Type: Article

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