| Literature DB >> 17675623 |
Satoshi Ono1, Toshiyuki Irie, Masashi Kuramochi, Toshiro Kamoshida, Shinji Hirai, Yuji Oka.
Abstract
Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO) is an established therapy for gastric varices, but it has been used less frequently for mesenteric varices. This report describes the successful management of mesenteric varices with BRTO performed via an abdominal wall collateral vein detected on contrast medium-enhanced computed tomography.Mesh:
Year: 2007 PMID: 17675623 DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2007.05.020
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Vasc Interv Radiol ISSN: 1051-0443 Impact factor: 3.464