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The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health, today announced that, as a first revascularization procedure, coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery has been shown to have a markedly lower 5-year death rate than angioplasty for persons with diabetes mellitus (Type I or II) who are on oral hypoglycemic agents or insulin.

for each treatment option: - Repeated large volume paracentesis - Peritoneovenous shunt - Surgically created portocaval shunt - TIPS - Liver Transplantation

a plastic tube from the abdominal cavity, under the skin of the chest, into the right internal jugular vein of the neck (peritoneovenous shunt of LeVeen).

Descriptions of cases featuring the use of angioplasty as treatment.

Listing of guidelines to follow when implanting a coronary stent.

receive albumin infusion. A peritoneovenous shunt is a device that returns ascitic fluid from the peritoneal cavity to the systemic circulation. Its use is

Imaging for Deep VeinThrombosis F. Lacrimal Drainage Imaging G. Peritoneovenous Shunt (La Veen Shunt) Evaluation H. Tumor Imaging - Colorectal/Ovarian Cancer.