Clinical Radiology
Volume 64, Issue 2 , Pages 164-170 , February 2009

Evaluation of non-target arterial patency after implantation of hepatic arterial catheter using a modified implantation technique with the fixed catheter tip method

  • T. Yamagami

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    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: T. Yamagami, Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajii-chyo, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo, Kyoto, 602-8566, Japan. Tel.: +81 75 251 5620; fax: +81 75 251 5840.
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  • R. Yoshimatsu
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  • T. Matsumoto
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  • T. Nishimura

Received 5 September 2007 ,Revised 16 June 2008 ,Accepted 23 June 2008.

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PII: S0009-9260(08)00390-5

doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2008.06.016

Clinical Radiology
Volume 64, Issue 2 , Pages 164-170 , February 2009

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