title: Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration of gastric varix via the pericardiacophrenic vein.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajii-chyo, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan. rika442@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp
authors.forename: Rika
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yoshimatsu
authors.forename: Takuji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamagami
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miura
authors.forename: Kotaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okuda
authors.forename: Tsunehiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishimura
mesh_terms: D021721:Balloon Occlusion; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007479:Iopamidol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009829:Oleic Acids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011859:Radiography; D012597:Sclerosing Solutions / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014680:Veins / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D009829:Oleic Acids; D012597:Sclerosing Solutions; D007479:Iopamidol; C033343:ethanolamine oleate