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World J Hepatol. Dec 27, 2012; 4(12): 412-414
Published online Dec 27, 2012. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v4.i12.412
Atrial embolism caused by portal vein embolization: Treatment by percutaneous withdrawal and stenting
Ahmed Fouad Bouras, Stéphanie Truant, Jean-Paul Beregi, Geraldine Sergent, Olivier Delemazure, Guido Liddo, Gilles Lebuffe, Philippe Zerbib, François-René Pruvot, Emmanuel Boleslawski
Ahmed Fouad Bouras, Stéphanie Truant, Guido Liddo, Philippe Zerbib, François-René Pruvot, Emmanuel Boleslawski, Service de Chirurgie Digestive et Transplantation, CHU, Univ Nord de France, F-59000 Lille, France
Jean-Paul Beregi, Service d’imagerie cardiovasculaire diagnostique et interventionnelle, Hopital cardiologique, CHU, Univ Nord de France, F-59000 Lille, France
Geraldine Sergent, Olivier Delemazure, Service d’imagerie digestive diagnostique et interventionnelle, Hopital Claude Huriez, CHU, Univ Nord de France, F-59000 Lille, France
Gilles Lebuffe, Service d’anesthésiologie, Hopital Claude Huriez, CHU, Univ Nord de France, F-59000 Lille, France
Author contributions: Bouras AF and Beregi JP acquired the datas; Bouras AF contributed to the concept, design and writing of this paper; Truant S, Beregi JP, Liddo G, Lebuffe G, Zerbib P, Pruvot FR and Boleslawski E critically revised the paper; Sergent G and Delemazure O contributed to the technical advising; Beregi JP, Sergent G and Delemazure O are members of the operating team; Pruvot FR and Boleslawski E approved the final version of this paper.
Correspondence to: Ahmed Fouad Bouras, MD, Service de Chirurgie Digestive et Transplantation, CHU, Univ Nord de France, F-59000 Lille, France. afouadbouras@gmail.com
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Received: August 31, 2011
Revised: November 4, 2011
Accepted: November 14, 2012
Published online: December 27, 2012
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