Retrograde gastric varices in a patient with total cavopulmonary shunt.
Gastric varices formed in a patient who had undergone a total cavopulmonary shunt operation 7 years previously. The varices were found to be due to development of collaterals from high-pressure systemic vein to low-pressure portal vein. Bleeding gastric varix can be a late complication of total cavopulmonary shunt.
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Tokyo, Japan.
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Furuse
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Koseni
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Takeshita
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Kotsuka
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Yagyu
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Kawauchi
D001166:Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical; D002648:Child; D003097:Collateral Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000209:etiology*; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D014684:Venae Cavae / Q000601:surgery*