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The keys to successful TIPS in patients with portal vein thrombosis and cavernous transformation

S Lombardo1, J J Espejo1, M E Pérez-Montilla1

  • 1Sección de Radiología Vascular e intervencionista, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Córdoba, España.

Radiologia
|November 11, 2017
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Keywords:
Cavernous transformation of portal vein and liver cirrhosisPortal veinTIPSTransformación cavernosa de la vena portal y la cirrosis hepáticaTrombosis venosaVena portalVenous thrombosis

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