A 60-year-old woman arrives to the emergency department with bloody emesis. She has a past medical history significant for hypertension and an episode of severe pancreatitis due to alcohol abuse 1 year ago and has since developed chronic pancreatitis. Her temperature is 98.6 ° F, blood pressure 110/ 88 mmHg, and pulse of 88/ min. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy shows bleeding coming from isolated gastric varices. Which of the following is most likely to successfully treat the bleeding?
(A) Liver transplantation
(B) Endoscopic banding of the varices
(C) Endoscopic sclerotherapy
(D) TIPS (transjugular portosystemic shunt)
(E) Splenectomy