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Evaluation and Management of Esophageal and Gastric Varices in Patients with Cirrhosis. [PDF]
Clin Liver Dis, 2020 Variceal bleeding is a complication of cirrhosis that defines decompensation. Important advances in the management of gastroesophageal varices have led to a significant decrease in the morbidity and mortality. Achieving these results in clinical practice is contingent on clinicians applying the best practice strategies and appropriate referral to a ...
Jakab SS, Garcia-Tsao G.
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Managing liver cirrhotic complications: Overview of esophageal and gastric varices. [PDF]
Clin Mol Hepatol, 2020 Managing liver cirrhosis in clinical practice is still a challenging problem as its progression is associated with serious complications, such as variceal bleeding that may increase mortality. Portal hypertension (PH) is the main key for the development of liver cirrhosis complications.
Lesmana CRA, Raharjo M, Gani RA.
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Role of liver transient elastography in detecting cirrhosis with esophageal and gastric varices and evaluating variceal severity. [PDF]
BMC GastroenterolTo explore the application and clinical value of liver transient elastography (TE) in diagnosing and assessing the degree of liver cirrhosis combined with esophageal and gastric varices (EGV).We chose 136 patients with cirrhosis and EGV admitted to the Liver Disease Department of our hospital from December 2022 to December 2024.
Wang C.
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Computed tomography poorly detects gastroesophageal varices compared with endoscopy: a real-world single-center retrospective review [PDF]
BMC GastroenterologyBackground Screening esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) is recommended for all cirrhotic patients at the time of diagnosis, however, non-invasive screening practices for varices have been emerging.
Anvit Reddy +5 more
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Gastric Endoscopic Mucosal Resection and Polypectomy among Patients with Liver Cirrhosis and Esophageal Varices in the setting of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding [PDF]
African Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2023 BackgroundGastric polyps are not infrequently reported among cirrhotic patients. Endoscopic resection of gastric polyps among patients with liver cirrhosis and esophageal varices carries the risk of post-polypectomy bleeding.
Bassam Salama +3 more
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Medicina, 2022 Background and Objectives: Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO) could be currently one of the best therapies for patients with gastric varices.
Taku Mizutani +9 more
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Endoscopic therapy of gastric variceal bleeding
Медицина неотложных состояний, 2022 Bleeding from esophageal and gastric varices is the most life-threatening complication of liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension. Gastric variceal bleeding is often more serious and can be fatal.
S.M. Chooklin, S.S. Chuklin, Ya.R. Dutka
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DEN Open, 2022 Here, we report the case of patient cirrhosis with esophageal and gastric fundal varices who developed rare ectopic varices in the bilateral pulmonary hilar after repeated endoscopic treatments (tissue adhesive for gastric fundal varices + esophageal ...
Ke Zhu +4 more
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Egyptian Liver Journal, 2022 Background HCV infection is a major worldwide cause of chronic liver diseases. Esophageal and gastric varices are common in cirrhotic patients due to concomitant portal hypertension. Variceal hemorrhage is a major decompensating event with high morbidity
Ashraf Aboismail +4 more
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Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022 Natural history of liver disease in a large international cohort of children with Alagille syndrome: Results from the GALA study. Abstract Background and Aims Alagille syndrome (ALGS) is a multisystem disorder, characterized by cholestasis. Existing outcome data are largely derived from tertiary centers, and real‐world data are lacking.
Shannon M. Vandriel +93 more
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