Modified BRTO Techniques for the Treatment of Gastric Varices: Balloon-occluded Antegrade Transvenous Obliteration (BATO)/ Vascular Plug-assisted Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration (PARTO)/ Coil-Assisted Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration (CARTO)

Abstract Archives of the RSNA, 2016

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Certificate of Merit

Seung Kwon Kim, MD, Saint Louis, MO (Presenter) Consultant, Cook Group Incorporated
Carlos J. Guevara, MD, Durham, NC (Abstract Co-Author) Nothing to Disclose
Nael E. Saad, MBBCh, Saint Louis, MO (Abstract Co-Author) Research Consultant, Veran Medical Technologies, Inc; Proctor, Sirtex Medical Ltd
Auh-Whan Park, ANN ARBOR, MI (Abstract Co-Author) Nothing to Disclose
David J. Kim, MD, Saint Louis, MO (Abstract Co-Author) Nothing to Disclose
Edward W. Lee, MD, PhD, Los Angeles, CA (Abstract Co-Author) Nothing to Disclose

TEACHING POINTS

To know the basic BRTO techniques To know the modified BRTO techniques: BATO, PARTO, CARTO To present interesting cases of BRTO and modified BRTO techniques.

TABLE OF CONTENTS/OUTLINE

Pathophysiology of Gastric varices Basic BRTO techniques Balloon-occluded antegrade transvenous obliteration (BATO) techniques Vascular plug-assisted retrograde transvenous obliteration (PARTO) Coil-assisted retrograde transvenous obliteration (CARTO) Interesting cases