## Abstract The authors used magnetic resonance (MR) angiography to guide catheter placement in transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) procedures in nine of 18 patients and compared the results with those of the nine patients for whom prior planning based on MR angiography was not don
Intravascular Ultrasound Guidance for Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Procedure in a Swine Model
β Scribed by Jacqueline Kew; Roger P. Davies
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 326 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-086X
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