Endovascular treatment of hepatic artery thrombosis following liver transplantation

Transplant International

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 245-256

  Singhal, Ashish ^a   Stokes, Kenneth ^b   Sebastian, Anthony ^a   Wright, Harlan I ^a   Kohli, Vivek ^a  

^a INTEGRIS Nazih Zuhdi Transplant Institute   (United States)

^b INTEGRIS BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Endovascular; Intra arterial thrombolysis; Stenting; Transluminal angioplasty

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; ALTEPLASE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; STREPTOKINASE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UROKINASE;

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HEPATIC ARTERY; HEPATIC ARTERY THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOSIS;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; HEMORRHAGE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; STENTS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROKINASE-TYPE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 75149193452     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2009.01037.x     Document Type: Review

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