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Endoscopic urgency triaging impacts acute variceal bleeding patient survival and hospital stay length. [PDF]

open access: yesLibyan J Med
Hanafy AS   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Pathomorphology of Esophageal and Gastric Varices [PDF]

open access: possibleSeminars in Liver Disease, 2002
In this article, the gross pathology of varices and supplying veins are described comparing esophageal varices and varices of the cardia and fundus of the stomach. The angioarchitecture of the lower esophagus is such that normally very thin parallel veins in the lamina propria mucosae in the palisade zone become enlarged in portal hypertension and join
Kunio Okuda   +2 more
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Varices

Clinics in Liver Disease, 2019
Gastrointestinal varices are associated with cirrhosis and portal hypertension. Variceal hemorrhage is a substantial cause of morbidity and mortality, with esophageal and gastric varices the most common source and rectal varices a much less common cause of severe gastrointestinal bleeding. The goals of managing variceal hemorrhage are control of active
Thomas O. Kovacs, Dennis M. Jensen
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Gastric Varices Without Esophageal Varices

JAMA, 1977
THE ROENTGENOGRAPHIC demonstration of fundal gastric varices by the conventional upper gastrointestinal examination is notoriously difficult. 1-3 Though it is generally believed that most patients with esophageal varices will also have gastric varices, the latter are rarely verified with the conventional upper gastrointestinal examination. 2 The normal
William M. Thompson   +4 more
openaire   +3 more sources

The Effect of Endoscopic Sclerotherapy of Esophageal Varices on the Development of Gastric Varices

Endoscopy, 1996
The effect of sclerotherapy of esophageal varices on the development of gastric varices is a controversial question. The aim of the present study was to evaluate prospectively the presence and development of gastric varices as a consequence of esophageal variceal sclerotherapy.We prospectively studied 227 patients, all of whom had liver cirrhosis at ...
Z. Pirone   +6 more
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