Pulmonary thromboembolism in liver transplantation: A retrospective review of the first 25 years

Transplant International

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1113-1119

  Cherian, Thomas P ^a   Chiu, Keith ^a   Gunson, Brigitte ^a   Bramhall, Simon R ^a   Mayer, David ^a   Mirza, Darius F ^a   Buckels, John A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

coagulation; incidence; liver disease; liver transplantation; pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957552882     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2010.01105.x     Document Type: Article

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