Academic Radiology
Volume 17, Issue 4 , Pages 418-420 , April 2010

Wireless Surveillance for Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunts (TIPS) A Feasibility Study

Received 24 November 2009 ,Accepted 26 January 2010.

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PII: S1076-6332(10)00064-4

doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2010.01.011

Academic Radiology
Volume 17, Issue 4 , Pages 418-420 , April 2010