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Hiro Kiyosue1, Shuichi Tanoue, Yayoi Kondo, Miyuki Maruno, Ryo Takaji, Shunro Matsuoto, Shinya Ueda, Hiromu Mori.
Abstract
Six cases of gastric varices with multiple afferent veins, in which balloon-occluded venography of the draining vein showed insufficient filling of gastric varices with contrast medium, were treated by balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO) and temporary balloon occlusion of the splenic artery. The gastric varices were completely filled with sclerosant in all but one patient. No procedure-related complications were encountered. Computed tomography (CT) after the procedure showed complete thrombosis of the varices in five patients and partial thrombosis in one patient. Temporary balloon occlusion of the splenic artery is a useful additional technique for complete obliteration of gastric varices in selected cases.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21708324 DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2010.12.028
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Vasc Interv Radiol ISSN: 1051-0443 Impact factor: 3.464