Lower gastrointestinal haemorrhage and superselective angiographic embolization

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 635-638

  Burgess, Adele N ^a   Evans, Peter M ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Angiography; Gastrointestinal haemorrhage; Therapeutic embolization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTASIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; LIGAMENT; MALE; MORTALITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

EID: 4444339867     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-1433.2004.03109.x     Document Type: Article

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