Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration of gastric varices: Use of CT-guided foam sclerotherapy to optimize technique

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 200-207

  Koizumi, Jun ^a   Hashimoto, Takeshi ^a   Myojin, Kazunori ^a   Itou, Chihiro ^a   Kagawa, Tatehiro ^a   Nishibe, Toshiya ^b   Janne D'Othée, Bertrand ^c  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Balloon occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration; C arm CT; Gastric varices; Hemoglobinuria; Polidocanol foam

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; HAPTOGLOBIN; POLIDOCANOL; POLIDOCASKLEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON OCCLUDED RETROGRADE TRANSVENOUS OBLITERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAS; HEMOGLOBINURIA; HUMAN; MALE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCLEROTHERAPY; STOMACH VARICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BALLOON OCCLUSION; CONTRAST MEDIA; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINURIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOGRAPHY; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLEROSING SOLUTIONS; SCLEROTHERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863648299     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.11.7002     Document Type: Article

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