Journal of Hepatology
Volume 54, Issue 1 , Pages 78-88 , January 2011

Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt for portal vein thrombosis with symptomatic portal hypertension in liver cirrhosis

  • Guohong Han

      Affiliations

    • Department of Liver Disease, Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
    • Department of Digestive Interventional Radiology, Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Digestive Interventional Radiology, Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Fourth Military Medical University, 15 West Changle Road, Xi’an 710032, China. Fax: +86 29 82539041.
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Xingshun Qi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Liver Disease, Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
    • Department of Digestive Interventional Radiology, Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
    • ,
  • Chuangye He

      Affiliations

    • Department of Liver Disease, Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
    • Department of Digestive Interventional Radiology, Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
    • ,
  • Zhanxin Yin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Liver Disease, Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
    • Department of Digestive Interventional Radiology, Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
    • ,
  • Jianhong Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ultrasound, Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
    • ,
  • Jielai Xia

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Statistics, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
    • ,
  • Zhiping Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Liver Disease, Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
    • Department of Digestive Interventional Radiology, Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
    • Department of Ultrasound, Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
    • ,
  • Ming Bai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Liver Disease, Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
    • Department of Digestive Interventional Radiology, Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
    • ,
  • Xiangjie Meng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Digestive Interventional Radiology, Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
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  • Jing Niu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Digestive Interventional Radiology, Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
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  • Kaichun Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Liver Disease, Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
    • Department of Digestive Interventional Radiology, Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
    • Department of Ultrasound, Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
    • ,
  • Daiming Fan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Liver Disease, Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
    • Department of Digestive Interventional Radiology, Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
    • Department of Ultrasound, Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Daiming Fan, State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Fourth Military Medical University, 15 West Changle Road, Xi’an 710032, China. Fax: +86 29 82539041.

Received 31 March 2010 ,Revised 4 June 2010 ,Accepted 5 June 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2010.06.029

Journal of Hepatology
Volume 54, Issue 1 , Pages 78-88 , January 2011

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