Effect of balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration on the natural history of coexisting esophageal varices

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 974-979

  Choi, Yong Sung ^a   Lee, Joon Hyoek ^a   Sinn, Dong Hyun ^a   Song, Young Bong ^a   Gwak, Geum Youn ^a   Choi, Moon Seok ^a   Koh, Kwang Cheol ^a   Paik, Seung Woon ^a   Yoo, Byung Chul ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Balloon occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration; Bleeding; Esophageal varices; Gastric varices

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON OCCLUDED RETROGRADE TRANSVENOUS OBLITERATION; BALLOON OCCLUSION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BALLOON OCCLUSION; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58149131434     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e318126c154     Document Type: Article

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