Imaging the Rex vein preoperatively using wedged hepatic venous portography

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1246-1249

  Lawson, Andrew J ^a   Rischbieter, Paul ^b   Numanoglu, Alp ^c   Wieselthaler, Nicky ^c   Beningfield, Steve J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Themba Hospital   (South Africa)

^c RED CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Mesenterico portal bypass; Portal hypertension; Rex shunt; Wedged hepatic vein portography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MESENTERICOPORTAL BYPASS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PORTAL VEIN OBSTRUCTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REX SHUNT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULAR PATENCY; VEIN BYPASS; WEDGED HEPATIC VENOUS PORTOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRAST MEDIA; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; INFANT; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; PORTOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80052587574     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-011-2188-y     Document Type: Article

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