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Computed Tomography Images of Spontaneous Portosystemic Shunt in Liver Cirrhosis

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2022
Spontaneous portosystemic shunt (SPSS) refers to collateral vessels that communicate between the portal vein system and systemic circulation. SPSS mainly includes esophageal varices, gastric varices, left gastric vein, recanalized paraumbilical vein ...
Fangfang Yi, Xiaozhong Guo, Qing-Lei Zeng, Benqiang Yang, Yanglan He, Shanshan Yuan, Ankur Arora, Xingshun Qi   +7 more
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Beta-blockers to prevent gastroesophageal varices in patients with cirrhosis. [PDF]

, 2005
BACKGROUND: Nonselective beta-adrenergic blockers decrease portal pressure and prevent variceal hemorrhage. Their effectiveness in preventing varices is unknown.
Bosch, J, Burroughs, AK, Escorsell, A, Gao, H, Garcia-Pagan, JC, Garcia-Tsao, G, Grace, ND, Groszmann, RJ, Makuch, R, Matloff, DS, Patch, D, Planas, R, Portal Hypertension Collaborative Group   +12 more
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A Fibreoptic Endoscopic Study of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding at Bugando Medical Centre in Northwestern Tanzania: a Retrospective Review of 240 Cases. [PDF]

, 2012
Upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is recognized as a common and potentially life-threatening abdominal emergency that needs a prompt assessment and aggressive emergency treatment.
A Elghuel, A Timraz, AB Olokoba, AG Kankaria, Anthony Liwa, C Meaden, C Zaltman, D Pateron, DA Peura, DE Elliott, DJ Cook, DJ Exon, Eliasa Mkongo, EM Vreeburg, FK Chan, G Theocharis, GS Kibiki, HC Wolfsen, HM Salih, Hyasinta Jaka, J Chasawat, J Villanueva Palacios, JA Forrest, K Aoki, K Kivkin, K Palmer, M Suba, M Urassa, Mabula D Mchembe, Mariam Mirambo, ME Van Leerdam, Mheta Koy, MJ Kaviani, MN Lakhwani, N Sarin, NK Arora, P Vlavianos, Phillipo L Chalya, Rodrick Kabangila, S Mustapha, SA Hearnshaw, T Alempijevic, TA Rockall, TA Rockall, V Balderas, Wolfgang Scheppach   +45 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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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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Balloon occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration for bleeding gastric varices: Eyes see what the mind knows

Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging, 2017
Approximately one in six patients with portal hypertension who develop varices at sites of portosystemic venous collaterals has gastric varices due to hepatofugal flow into the gastric veins.
Pushpinder S Khera, Lee Myungsu, Choi Joonsung   +2 more
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Update of endoscopy in liver disease:More than just treating varices [PDF]

, 2012
The management of complications in liver disease is often complex and challenging. Endoscopy has undergone a period of rapid expansion with numerous novel and specialized endoscopic modalities that are of increasing value in the investigation and ...
Hayes, Peter C., Krystallis, Christoforos, Masterton, Gail S., Plevris, John N.   +3 more
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Coil-assisted retrograde transvenous obliteration for managing complex gastric variceal bleeding: a pediatric case report and review of techniques. [PDF]

Front Pediatr
IntroductionGastric variceal bleeding is a life-threatening complication of portal hypertension, associated with high morbidity and mortality. While conventional treatments such as endoscopic interventions, pharmacological therapy, and transjugular ...
Hosseini A, Kiani I, Khalili M, Alibeik M, Khameneh Bagheri A.   +4 more
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Endoscopic Variceal Ligation for Treatment of Bleeding Varices

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 1992
Endoscopic variceal ligation (EVL) was developed as an alternative to endoscopic variceal sclerosis (ES) because of the latter's high complication rate.
John S Goff
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Current Approaches to the Treatment of Gastric Varices: Glue, Coil Application, TIPS, and BRTO

Medicina, 2019
Gastric varices are less common than esophageal varices, and their treatment is quite challenging. Gastric varix bleedings (GVB) occur less frequently than esophageal varix (EV) bleedings and represent 10to 30% of all variceal bleedings.
Vedat Goral, Nevin Yılmaz
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