Techniques in Vascular & Interventional Radiology
Volume 11, Issue 4 , Pages 225-229 , December 2008

Balloon-occluded Retrograde Transvenous Occlusion

  • Hector Ferral, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Hector Ferral, MD, Department of Radiology, Section of Interventional Radiology, Rush University Medical Center, 1653 West Congress Parkway, Chicago, IL 60612

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PII: S1089-2516(09)00006-7

doi: 10.1053/j.tvir.2009.04.005

Techniques in Vascular & Interventional Radiology
Volume 11, Issue 4 , Pages 225-229 , December 2008

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