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  • Title: Prophylaxis of rebleeding from isolated gastric fundal varices by balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration.
    Author: Matsumoto A, Matsumoto H, Hamamoto N, Kayazawa M.
    Journal: Abdom Imaging; 2001; 26(6):578-80. PubMed ID: 11907718.
    Abstract:
    We describe a case of bleeding gastric fundal varices associated with a gastrorenal shunt that were successfully treated with balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration. Blood flow in the varices disappeared after treatment. Because of its safety and simplicity, balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration appears to be a feasible alternative to transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt for the treatment of gastric fundal varices.
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