Risk factors and clinical course of portal and/or splenic vein thrombosis after partial splenic embolization

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 617-623

  Matsumoto, Tomohiro ^a   Yamagami, Takuji ^a   Terayama, Koshi ^a   Kato, Takeharu ^a,b   Hirota, Tatsuya ^a,c   Yoshimatsu, Rika ^a   Miura, Hiroshi ^a   Ito, Hirotoshi ^a   Okanoue, Takeshi ^a,d   Nishimura, Tsunehiko ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b MATSUSHITA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KYOTO FIRST RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d Saiseikai Imperial Gift Foundation Inc Saiseikai Suita Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complications; Partial splenic embolization; Portal vein thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULATION THERAPY; CLINICAL COURSE; COMPLICATIONS; EMBOLIZATION; MDCT IMAGES; MULTIDETECTOR-ROW CT; PARTIAL SPLENIC EMBOLIZATION; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PORTAL VEINS; RISK FACTORS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSPLENISM; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PORTAL VEIN; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPLENIC VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSPLENISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PORTAL VEIN; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPLENIC VEIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 67650129331     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850902922779     Document Type: Article

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