Retrograde gastric varices in a patient with total cavopulmonary shunt.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Gastric varices formed in a patient who had undergone a total cavopulmonary shunt operation 7 years previously. The varices were found to be due to development of collaterals from high-pressure systemic vein to low-pressure portal vein. Bleeding gastric varix can be a late complication of total cavopulmonary shunt.
Medical subject headings
- Esophageal and Gastric Varices
- Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
- Heart Defects, Congenital
- Postoperative Complications
- Pulmonary Artery
- Venae Cavae