Figure 6From: Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration for gastric varices: the relationship between the clinical outcome and gastrorenal shunt occlusion Illustration of gastric varices after B-RTO. A. The gastric varices and gastrorenal shunt are thrombosed. B. The gastric varices are thrombosed, but a small region of the varices remains and the gastrorenal shunt are patent. These conditions may induce gradual regrowth of the varices.Back to article page