Portal vein thrombus and liver failure in a patient with pheochromocytoma crisis

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 630.e3-630.e5

  Brauchlin, Andreas E ^a   Rudiger, Alain ^a   Bächli, Esther B ^b   Schmid, Christoph ^a   Maggiorini, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Spital Uster   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARVEDILOL; DOXAZOSIN; LABETALOL; LISINOPRIL; LIVER ENZYME; NIFEDIPINE; PHENOXYBENZAMINE; PHENTOLAMINE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; JAUNDICE; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER ISCHEMIA; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SHOCK; TUMOR BIOPSY; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 66049150445     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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