Techniques in Vascular & Interventional Radiology
Volume 11, Issue 4 , Pages 208-211 , December 2008

Stepwise Placement of a Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Endograft

  • Timothy W.I. Clark, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Timothy W.I. Clark, MD, Section of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, New York University School of Medicine, 560 First Avenue, HE-221, New York, NY 10016

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PII: S1089-2516(09)00003-1

doi: 10.1053/j.tvir.2009.04.002

Techniques in Vascular & Interventional Radiology
Volume 11, Issue 4 , Pages 208-211 , December 2008

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