Acta Med. 2010, 53: 35-38

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2016.61

TIPS Creation in Patients with Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava

Vendelín Chovaneca, Antonín Krajinaa, Petr Hůlekb, Miroslav Měšťanc, Ondřej Renca

aCharles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Hradec Králové, Department of Radiology, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
bCharles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Hradec Králové, 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
cCharles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Hradec Králové, 1st Department of Internal Medicine, Czech Republic

Received November 2, 2009
Accepted December 17, 2009

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