title: Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration: one step beyond obliteration of gastric varices.
authors.forename: Hirofumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawanaka
mesh_terms: D021721:Balloon Occlusion / Q000379:methods*; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000628:therapy*; D006489:Hemostatic Techniques; D006501:Hepatic Encephalopathy / Q000628:therapy*; D006503:Hepatic Veins / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D008099:Liver / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D015911:Sclerotherapy