title: Stiffening cannula to facilitate tract dilation for transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt placement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: McKusick
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004106:Dilatation / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011170:Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical; D011677:Punctures; D011859:Radiography