Clinical Radiology
Volume 65, Issue 8 , Pages 629-635 , August 2010

Outcome of a retrieval stent filter and 30mm balloon dilator for patients with Budd–Chiari syndrome and chronic inferior vena cava thrombosis: a prospective pilot study

Received 23 October 2009 ,Revised 20 January 2010 ,Accepted 27 January 2010.

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PII: S0009-9260(10)00152-2

doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2010.01.023

Clinical Radiology
Volume 65, Issue 8 , Pages 629-635 , August 2010