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Endoscopic ultrasound assessment of gastrointestinal polypoid lesions of indeterminate morphology in patients with portal hypertension [PDF]

, 2018
Background and study aims:  Polypoid lesions found during upper gastrointestinal endoscopy (UGIE) are occasionally found in patients with portal hypertension (PH).
Hayes, Peter C, Plevris, John N, Shams, Amanullah, Sigounas, Dimitrios E   +3 more
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Shear wave elastography in assessment of liver stiffness and prediction of gastro-esophageal varices in patients with liver cirrhosis

The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 2019
Background Shear wave elastography is an ultrasound applied technique used to measure tissue stiffness as a result of a disease. So, it can be used to evaluate liver stiffness as a result of liver cirrhosis and could correlate it with esophageal varices.
Mohammed Zaki, Mohammed Hazem, Mahmoud Elsamman   +2 more
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Study of Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Endoscopic findings in Portal Hypertension

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2013
Introduction: The gut mucosa in portal hypertension is the seat of microcirculatory changes that compromise its integrity and increase its susceptibility to damage.
Lochan Karki, Manen Prasad Gorkhaly, Buddha Bahadur Karki   +2 more
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Beyond the scope and the glue: update on evaluation and management of gastric varices

BMC Gastroenterology, 2020
Gastric varices are encountered less frequently than esophageal varices. Nonetheless, gastric variceal bleeding is more severe and associated with worse outcomes.
Cyriac Abby Philips, Rizwan Ahamed, Sasidharan Rajesh, Tom George, Meera Mohanan, Philip Augustine   +5 more
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Comprehensive treatment of patients with gastric variceal bleeding

Медицина неотложных состояний, 2022
Gastro-oesophageal varices are the major clinical manifestations of cirrhosis and portal hypertension. Bleeding from gastric varices is usually severe and is associated with higher morta­lity and a higher risk of rebleeding than from esophageal varices ...
S.M. Chooklin, S.S. Chuklin
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Sengstaken-Blakemore tube as a rescue treatment for hemorrhagic shock secondary to laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding erosion [PDF]

, 2019
Gastrointestinal bleeding is an uncommon but potentially life-threatening complication of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) erosion. We present the use of a Sengstaken-Blakemore tube as a treatment device for severe gastrointestinal bleeding
Brown, Campos, Cappell, Chen, Chung, Dellaportas, Di Lorenzo, Furbetta, Garcia-Tsao, Iqbal, Jouvin, Kurian, Majumdar, Rao, Sengstaken   +14 more
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Evaluation of Esophageal Varices by Multidetector-row CT: Correlation with Endoscopic ‘Red Color Sign’ [PDF]

, 2007
<P>To evaluate the ability of multidetector-row CT (MDCT) to predict a risk of hemorrhage in patients with esophageal varices, a total of 40 MDCT scans were performed in 29 patients who had been diagnosed with esophageal varices by conventional ...
Akaki, Shiro, Ida, Kentaro, Kanazawa, Susumu, Mifune, Hirofumi, Okada, Hiroyuki, Sei, Tetsuro   +5 more
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Endoscopic ultrasonography - emerging applications in hepatology [PDF]

, 2017
The inspection of the liver is a valuable part of the upper endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) studies, regardless of the primary indication for the examination.
Castro, Francisca Dias de, Cotter, José Almeida Berkeley, Leite, Sílvia, Magalhães, Joana, Monteiro, Sara, Xavier, Sofia   +5 more
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Idiopathic noncirrhotic portal hypertension: current perspectives [PDF]

, 2016
The term idiopathic noncirrhotic portal hypertension (INCPH) has been recently proposed to replace terms, such as hepatoportal sclerosis, idiopathic portal hypertension, incomplete septal cirrhosis, and nodular regenerative hyperplasia, used to describe ...
D'AMATI, Giulia, Gioia, Stefania, Nicoletti, Valeria, PENTASSUGLIO, ILARIA, RIGGIO, Oliviero, VALENTE, MICHELE   +5 more
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An interpretable artificial intelligence system for detecting risk factors of gastroesophageal variceal bleeding

npj Digital Medicine, 2022
Bleeding risk factors for gastroesophageal varices (GEV) detected by endoscopy in cirrhotic patients determine the prophylactical treatment patients will undergo in the following 2 years. We propose a methodology for measuring the risk factors. We create
Jing Wang, Zhengqiang Wang, Mingkai Chen, Yong Xiao, Shi Chen, Lianlian Wu, Liwen Yao, Xiaoda Jiang, Jiao Li, Ming Xu, Mengjuan Lin, Yijie Zhu, Renquan Luo, Chenxia Zhang, Xun Li, Honggang Yu   +15 more
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