Extrahepatic Collateral Artery Supply to the Tumor Thrombi of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Invading Inferior Vena Cava: The Prevalence and Determinant Factors

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-29

  Lee, In Joon ^a,b   Chung, Jin Wook ^a,b   Kim, Hyo Cheol ^a,b   Yin, Yong Hu ^a,b   So, Young Ho ^a,b   Jeon, Ung Bae ^a,b   Jae, Hwan Jun ^a,b   Cho, Baik Hwan ^c   Park, Jae Hyung ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERY; PORTAL VEIN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL ARTERY; SEX RATIO; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR THROMBUS; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; REGISTRIES; RENAL ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57849103409     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2008.09.030     Document Type: Article

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