Hepatic allograft salvage with early Doppler ultrasound diagnosis of acute vena cava thrombosis

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 606-608

  Bertani, H ^a   Pinna, A D ^b   Di Benedetto, F ^a   Quintini, C ^a   Miller, C ^c   Villa, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasound; Liver transplant; Vena cava thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAVA VEIN DISEASE; CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; CAVA VEIN THROMBOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; END TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER GRAFT; MALE; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR SURGERY; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 4143078139     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-004-0170-y     Document Type: Article

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