Meanings
- not comparablebiologyOf or pertaining to the cardia and/or fundus of the stomach; being cardial, fundal, or both.
cardiofundal varices
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In practice, most gastroenterologists use the Sarin classification with the main distinction being cardiofundal vs lesser curvature GV.
2021, Zachary Henry, Kalpesh Patel, Heather Patton, Wael Saad, “AGA Clinical Practice Update on Management of Bleeding Gastric Varices: Expert Review”, in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, volume 19, number 6, →DOI, →PMID, pages 1098–1107.e1A multicenter retrospective study [Romero-Castro et al 2013] evaluated 30 patients with gastric varices who were poor candidates for, refused, or had failed transjugular portosystemic intrahepatic shunts and who had cardiofundal varices fed by a single large vessel.
2017, Maple JT et al, ASGE Technology Committee, “Interventional EUS (with videos). Status evaluation report.”, in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, volume 85, number 3, →DOI, pages 465–481
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