The history and evolution of balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO): From the united states to Japan and back

Seminars in Interventional Radiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 283-287

  Saad, Wael E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

BRTO; History; TIPS; transvenous obliteration; varices

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051739168     PISSN: 07399529     EISSN: 10988963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1284454     Document Type: Article

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