Balloon-Occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration of Gastric Varices from Unconventional Systemic Veins in the Absence of Gastrorenal Shunts

Techniques in Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 241-253

  Araki, Takuji ^a   Saad, Wael E A ^b  

^a YAMANASHI PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

BRTO; Transvenous obliteration; Unconventional; Varices

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AZYGOS VEIN; BALLOON OCCLUDED RETROGRADE TRANSVENOUS OBLITERATION; BALLOON OCCLUSION; GASTRORENAL SHUNT; HUMAN; SHUNTING; STOMACH VARICES;

AGED; BALLOON OCCLUSION; CATHETERS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEINS;

EID: 84866882928     PISSN: 10892516     EISSN: 15579808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.tvir.2012.07.006     Document Type: Article

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