Fig. 1. Gastric varices treatment algorithm according to clinical manifestations. TIPS, transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts; BRTO, balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration; MELD, model for end-stage liver disease; PV, portal vein; GR shunt, gastrorenal shunt; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma.
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