Magnetic resonance cholangiography with mangafodipir trisodium (Teslascan) to evaluate bile duct leaks after T-tube removal in liver transplantation

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 613-616

  Akin, Emin Baris ^a   Vitellas, Kenneth M ^a   Rajab, Amer ^a   Pelletier, Ronald P ^a   Davies, Elizabeth A ^a   Bumgardner, Ginny L ^a   Henry, Mitchell L ^a   Ferguson, Ronald M ^a   Elkhammas, Elmahdi A ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bile leak; Liver transplantation; Magnetic resonance cholangiography; Mangafodipir trisodium; T tube

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETISM; NUCLEAR MEDICINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; BILE DUCTS; BILE LEAK; CONTRAST-ENHANCED; DUCT LEAKS; LIVER TRANSPLANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; MANGAFODIPIR TRISODIUM; T-TUBE;

DUCTS;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CYCLOSPORIN; MANGAFODIPIR; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; STEROID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE LEAKAGE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEVICE REMOVAL; EXTRAVASATION; FOLLOW UP; HEPATOBILIARY SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T TUBE;

EID: 4444288157     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rct.0000132930.93176.45     Document Type: Article

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