Comparison of patients with hepatic encephalopathy and those with gastric varices before and after balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration.

Tsuyoshi IshikawaRyo SasakiTatsuro NishimuraTakashi MatsudaMasaki MaedaTakuya IwamotoIssei SaekiIsao HidakaTaro TakamiIsao Sakaida

Published in: Hepatology research : the official journal of the Japan Society of Hepatology (2018)

The HE patients showed distinct portal-splenic hemodynamics before and after BRTO. Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration markedly improved hepatic function in the HE group compared with the GV group.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
patient reported outcomes
patient reported