MRI-monitored intra-shunt local agent delivery of motexafin gadolinium: towards improving long-term patency of TIPS.

Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) has become an important and effective interventional procedure in treatment of the complications related to portal hypertension. Although the primary patency of TIPS has been greatly improved due to the clinical application of cover stent-grafts,...

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Main Authors: Han Wang, Feng Zhang, Yanfeng Meng, Tong Zhang, Patrick Willis, Thomas Le, Stephanie Soriano, Erik Ray, Karim Valji, Guixiang Zhang, Xiaoming Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3585394?pdf=render