Massive variceal bleeding secondary to splenic vein thrombosis successfully treated with splenic artery embolization: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Paramythiotis, Daniel ^a   Papavramidis, Theodossis S ^a   Giavroglou, Konstantinos ^a   Potsi, Stamatia ^a   Girtovitis, Fotis ^a   Michalopoulos, Antonis ^a   Papadopoulos, Vassilis N ^a   Prousalidis, John ^a  

^a AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CELIAC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATEMESIS; HEMATOCHEZIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN ARTERY; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC VEIN; STOMACH HEMORRHAGE; STOMACH VARICES; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 77952316884     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-4-139     Document Type: Article

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