Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration using a dual venous access and sheath system

P A Shukla; A Kumar; M K Kolber; T Markowitz; R I Patel

doi:10.1016/j.diii.2015.11.005

Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration using a dual venous access and sheath system

Diagn Interv Imaging. 2016 Apr;97(4):495-8. doi: 10.1016/j.diii.2015.11.005. Epub 2016 Jan 5.

Authors

P A Shukla¹, A Kumar¹, M K Kolber¹, T Markowitz¹, R I Patel²

Affiliations

¹ Department of vascular and interventional radiology, department of radiology, Mount Sinai Beth Israel medical center, first avenue at Sixteenth Street, 10003 New York, United States.
² Department of vascular and interventional radiology, department of radiology, Mount Sinai Beth Israel medical center, first avenue at Sixteenth Street, 10003 New York, United States. Electronic address: rapatel@chpnet.org.

PMID: 26776228
DOI: 10.1016/j.diii.2015.11.005

No abstract available

Keywords: Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO); Dual venous access and sheath technique; Gastric varices; Portal hypertension.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Balloon Occlusion / methods*
Esophageal and Gastric Varices / complications
Esophageal and Gastric Varices / therapy*
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / therapy*
Humans
Male