cardiofundal

English

Etymology

From cardia ± fundus + -al = cardial ± fundal.

Adjective

cardiofundal (not comparable)

1. (biology, medicine) Of or pertaining to the cardia and/or fundus of the stomach; being cardial, fundal, or both.

   cardiofundal varices

   • 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.e1:

     In practice, most gastroenterologists use the Sarin classification with the main distinction being cardiofundal vs lesser curvature GV.

   • 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:

     A 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.