Successful balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration for ruptured gastric fundal varices in a patient with Child-Pugh C cirrhosis: case report and literature review

Dig Dis Sci. 2004 Feb;49(2):270-4. doi: 10.1023/b:ddas.0000017450.03801.3e.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Catheterization
  • Endoscopy
  • Esophageal and Gastric Varices / diagnosis
  • Esophageal and Gastric Varices / etiology*
  • Esophageal and Gastric Varices / therapy*
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Gastric Fundus / blood supply*
  • Humans
  • Liver Cirrhosis / complications*
  • Liver Cirrhosis / physiopathology
  • Phlebography
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome