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Balloon-Assisted Reduction of Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (BART) Using Polytetrafluoroethylene Stent-Grafts

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  1. Department of Interventional Radiology, Beaumont Hospital and Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin 9, Ireland

    Hong Kuan Kok, Hamed Asadi, Elizabeth Ryan, Mark F. Given, Frank P. McGrath & Michael J. Lee

  2. Faculty of Health, School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia

    Hamed Asadi

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Kok, H.K., Asadi, H., Ryan, E. et al. Balloon-Assisted Reduction of Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (BART) Using Polytetrafluoroethylene Stent-Grafts. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 39, 1533–1536 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-016-1371-9

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