Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Volume 18, Issue 1 , Pages 121-125, January 2007

Balloon-Occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration (BRTO) for a Direct Shunt between the Inferior Mesenteric Vein and the Inferior Vena Cava in a Patient with Hepatic Encephalopathy

  • Kenji Ibukuro, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Mitsui Memorial Hospital, 1-Kanda Izumicho Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8643, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to K.I.
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  • Toru Sugihara, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Mitsui Memorial Hospital, 1-Kanda Izumicho Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8643, Japan
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  • Rei Tanaka, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Mitsui Memorial Hospital, 1-Kanda Izumicho Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8643, Japan
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  • Hozumi Fukuda, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Mitsui Memorial Hospital, 1-Kanda Izumicho Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8643, Japan
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  • Shoko Abe, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Mitsui Memorial Hospital, 1-Kanda Izumicho Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8643, Japan
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  • Kimiko Tobe, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Mitsui Memorial Hospital, 1-Kanda Izumicho Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8643, Japan
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  • Ryosuke Tateishi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology, Mitsui Memorial Hospital, 1-Kanda Izumicho Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8643, Japan.
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  • Kazumi Tagawa, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology, Mitsui Memorial Hospital, 1-Kanda Izumicho Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8643, Japan.

Received 5 July 2006; received in revised form 12 October 2006 and 16 October 2006; accepted 16 October 2006.

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 None of the authors have identified a conflict of interest.

PII: S1051-0443(06)00023-6

doi:10.1016/j.jvir.2006.10.002

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Volume 18, Issue 1 , Pages 121-125, January 2007

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