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Research Article
Balloon-Assisted Percutaneous Transhepatic Antegrade Embolization with 2-Octyl Cyanoacrylate for the Treatment of Isolated Gastric Varices with Large Gastrorenal Shunts
Table 1
Patient characteristics.
Characteristics
Patients
Age (years)
49.5 (26-81)
Sex (male/female)
16/14
Etiology of cirrhosis
HBV/HCV
17/1
Alcohol/autoimmunity/unknown
6/3/3
Child-Pugh classification
A/B/C
19/8/3
Location of gastric varices
IGV1
30
Form of gastric varices
F2
11
F3
19
Presence of red spots
14
Encephalopathy
2
Gastrorenal shunt
30
History of variceal bleeding
30
Follow-up period (mean)
30 months (2-80)