EUS is an important new tool for accessing the portal vein

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 343-344

  Brugge, William R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SPLENIC VEIN; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC VEIN; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMALS; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; PORTAL VEIN; SWINE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 38349189227     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2007.10.011     Document Type: Editorial

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