A Comprehensive Review of Portosystemic Collaterals in Cirrhosis: Historical Aspects, Anatomy, and Classifications

Figure 3

The basic portosystemic venous anatomy of gastric varices. PV: portal vein, SV: splenic vein, SMV: superior mesenteric vein, IVC: inferior vena cava, PSS: portosystemic shunt, SGV: short gastric vein, LGV: left gastric vein, and PGV: posterior gastric vein. Modified from [34].