Rupture of a stenotic hepatic artery after liver transplantation: Endovascular salvage using a covered stent

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 183, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1029-1031

  Rajan, Dheeraj K ^a   Sniderman, Kenneth W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; LIVER ENZYME; NIFEDIPINE;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CANNULATION; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; RADIOGRAPHY; RUPTURE; STENT;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; RUPTURE; STENTS;

EID: 7944234723     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.183.4.1831029     Document Type: Article

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