Obliteration of gastric varices improves the arrival time of ultrasound contrast agents in hepatic artery and vein

Liver cirrhosis (LC) is accompanied by hepatic arterializations, intrahepatic shunts, and hyperdynamic circulations. These changes shorten the arrival time (AT) of ultrasound contrast agents to the hepatic vein (HV). Whether treatment of gastric fundal varices (GVs) by balloon‐occluded transvenous obliteration (B‐RTO) improves the AT in LC patients was prospectively investigated.

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