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    Interventional procedure overview of transvenous obliteration for gastric varices

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    Abbreviations

    Word or phrase

    Abbreviation

    Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration

    BRTO

    Balloon-occluded antegrade transvenous obliteration

    BATO

    Coil-assisted retrograde transvenous obliteration

    CARTO

    Confidence interval

    CI

    Gastroesophageal varix

    GOV

    Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation

    GRADE

    Hazard ratio

    HR

    Isolated gastric varix

    IGV

    Model for end-stage liver disease

    MELD

    Odds ratio

    OR

    Plug-assisted retrograde transvenous obliteration

    PARTO

    Relative risk

    RR

    Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt

    TIPS