Long-term outcome of transcatheter embolotherapy for acute lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 104, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2042-2046

  Maleux, Geert ^a   Roeflaer, Filip ^a   Heye, Sam ^a   Vandersmissen, Jo ^a   Vliegen, Anne Sophie ^a   Demedts, Ingrid ^a   Wilmer, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETERIZATION; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 68349150946     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2009.186     Document Type: Article

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