Case reports of two patients with an unusual cause for a rapid increase in transaminases following liver transplantation are described. In the postoperative course, angiography revealed an arterial hypoperfusion of the liver due to a steal phenomenon with blood shunting from the hepatic to the splen
Unusual presentations of nonmycotic hepatic artery pseudoaneurysms after liver transplantation
โ Scribed by Lowell, Jeffrey A. ;Coopersmith, Craig M. ;Shenoy, Surendra ;Howard, Todd K.
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 181 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1074-3022
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