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Balloon occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration for bleeding gastric varices: Eyes see what the mind knows

Approximately one in six patients with portal hypertension who develop varices at sites of portosystemic venous collaterals has gastric varices due to hepatofugal flow into the gastric veins. Bleeding from gastric varices, though less common, has a higher mortality and morbidity compared to bleeding...

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Autores principales: Khera, Pushpinder S, Myungsu, Lee, Joonsung, Choi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5385763/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28515596
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-3026.202952