Original Article
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World J Gastroenterol. Feb 7, 2013; 19(5): 706-714
Published online Feb 7, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i5.706
Figure 1
Figure 1 Illustrations of the two types of percutaneous transhepatic variceal embolization. A: Cyanoacrylate was directly injected into the gastric varices by percutaneous transhepatic variceal embolization (PTVE) alone in patients without large gastrorenal shunts; B: Cyanoacrylate injection with PTVE combined with a balloon catheter inserted into the left renal vein (LRV) in patients with large gastrorenal shunt.