The management of splenic artery aneurysm in patients awaiting liver transplantation

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 691-694

  Asthana, S ^a   Toso, C ^a   McCarthy, M ^a   Shapiro, A M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Liver failure; Splenic artery aneurysm; Transplant

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ANEMIA; ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CADAVER DONOR; CASE REPORT; COIL EMBOLIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; POLYCYTHEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN ARTERY ANEURYSM; SPLEEN INFARCTION;

ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SPLENIC ARTERY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78650503812     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2009.01192.x     Document Type: Article

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