Combined mechanical and pharmacologic thrombolysis for portal vein thrombosis in liver-graft recipients and in candidates for liver transplantation

Transplantation

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 938-940

  Rossi, Cristina ^a   Zambruni, Andrea ^a   Ansaloni, Fabio ^a   Casadei, Andrea ^a   Morelli, Cristina ^a   Bernardi, Mauro ^a   Trevisani, Franco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Medicina Interna   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Liver transplantation; Portal vein thrombosis; Thrombectomy; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; UROKINASE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; THROMBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; THROMBOSIS; WAITING LISTS; WARFARIN;

EID: 4644359654     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000137104.38602.9F     Document Type: Article

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