Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration of gastric varix draining via the left inferior phrenic vein into the left hepatic vein

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 415-417

  Ibukuro, Kenji ^a   Mori, Koichi ^a   Tsukiyama, Toshitaka ^a   Inoue, Yoshihiro ^a   Iwamoto, Yukako ^a   Tagawa, Kazumi ^a  

^a MITSUI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Balloon occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration; Ethanolamine oleate; Gastric varix; Left inferior phrenic vein

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; MONOETHANOLAMINE OLEATE; SCLEROSING AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BALLOON CATHETER; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ENDOSCOPY; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; MALE; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH VARICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BALLOON DILATATION; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; MALE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; SCLEROTHERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032825895     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002709900417     Document Type: Article

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