Arakawa et al classified varcies in the gastric fundus based on the blood supply. The authors are from Omura City Hospital, Fukuoka University Hospital and Chiba University in Japan.
Patient selection: fundic varices
Blood supply: short gastric, posterior gastric and left gastric vein
Type of Varix
Communications with Other Arteries or Veins
Type I
absent, with a single draining vein that serves as a splenogastrorenal shunt
Type II
present
Subtype of Type I
Supply Vessel
Type Ia
single vessel
Type Ib
two vessels
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