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Balloon Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration for Treatment of Persistent Gastric Variceal Bleed in Patient With Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Gastric varices are often associated with formation of spontaneous portosystemic shunts that arise to relieve portal hypertension. Balloon retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO) is a procedure indicated to prevent recurrent gastric variceal bleeding. Its advantage is diverting blood flow towards...

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Autores principales: Villavicencio Kim, Jaimy, Elkhattib, Ismail, Guerrero Vinsard, Daniela
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7317128/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32601578
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8796