Transvenous Variceal Embolization during or after Living-donor Liver Transplantation to Improve Portal Venous Flow

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1454-1459

  Kim, Jin Hyoung ^a   Ko, Gi Young ^a   Sung, Kyu Bo ^a   Yoon, Hyun Ki ^a   Kim, Kyung Rae ^a   Moon, Deok Bog ^a   Lee, Sung Gyu ^a  

^a Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; INFANT; KOREA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350495681     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2009.07.036     Document Type: Article

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