Coil-assisted retrograde transvenous obliteration for gastric varices in a Chinese case

Gastric varices are a major complication of portal hypertension in patients with liver cirrhosis and are associated with more massive bleeding events and higher mortality rate. Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) and balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO) have b...

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Main Authors: Pengxu Ding, Chao Liu, Xinwei Han, Edward Wolfgang Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2021-05-01
Series:Journal of Interventional Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2096360221000132