Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration of gastric varix via the pericardiacophrenic vein.

Authors :: Yoshimatsu R
Yamagami T
Tanaka O
Miura H
Okuda K
Nishimura T
Source :: Cardiovascular and interventional radiology [Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol] 2011 Feb; Vol. 34 Suppl 2, pp. S206-9.
Publication Year :: 2011
Abstract: We encountered a case of gastric varix without a gastrorenal shunt that drained through the left pericardiacophrenic vein, which entered the left brachiocephalic vein. For this case we successfully performed balloon occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration, in which sclerotic agents were infused via the left pericardiacophrenic vein approached from the left subclavian vein.

Subjects :: Esophageal and Gastric Varices diagnostic imaging
Esophageal and Gastric Varices drug therapy
Humans
Iopamidol therapeutic use
Male
Middle Aged
Oleic Acids therapeutic use
Radiography
Sclerosing Solutions therapeutic use
Treatment Outcome
Balloon Occlusion
Esophageal and Gastric Varices therapy
Veins surgery

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