Fig. 3
From: Beyond the scope and the glue: update on evaluation and management of gastric varices
Classification according to efferent venous outflow—type A gastric varices (a1, a2) are contiguous with a single shunt, type B (b1, b2) with a single shunt and collateral veins, type C (c1, c2) with both gastrorenal and gastrocaval shunts and type D (d1, d2) are contiguous with multiple collaterals in the absence of shunt(s). IVC inferior vena cava, PV portal vein, LGV left gastric vein, SMV superior mesenteric vein, LRV left renal vein, SV splenic vein, PGV posterior gastric vein, SGV short gastric veins. Illustrations used in this figure is created by listed author (Sasidharan Rajesh)