Balloon-Occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration for Isolated Gastric Varices Draining through Pericardiophrenic Vein without Gastrorenal or Gastrocaval Shunts.
J Vasc Interv Radiol
; 27(2): 203-7, 2016 Feb.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26706188
ABSTRACT
Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO) is an effective and minimally invasive treatment for isolated gastric varices (GVs) that is usually performed through a gastrorenal shunt (GRS) or gastrocaval shunt (GCS). However, there are some cases in which GVs drain mainly into the left pericardiophrenic vein without an accessible GRS or GCS. This brief report presents four cases of GVs without a GRS/GCS treated by BRTO through the pericardiophrenic vein. BRTO was successfully performed with the use of flexible balloon catheters without any complications in all four patients, and the GVs were completely obliterated.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Varizes Esofágicas e Gástricas
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Oclusão com Balão
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2016
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Article