Results of a prospective study of 568 consecutive patients with gastric varices. Isolated gastric varices in the fundus (IGV1) bled much more frequently (about 90 percent) than either gastroesophageal varices (GOV1 and GOV2) or isolated gastric varices at other loci in the stomach (IGV2).
Data from: Sarin SK, Lahoti D, Saxena SP, et al. Hepatology 1992; 16:1343.
