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An Etiological Study of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Journal of Rawalpindi Medical College, 2012
Background: To determine the causes of upper gastrointestinal bleed in patients undergoing endoscopy Methods: In this prospective descriptive study 147 naive patients, with first episode of upper gastrointestinal bleeding, who underderwent endoscopic ...
Sohail Bhutta
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Prognostic Value of an Early Response to Tolvaptan and Its Clinical Implications in Patients With Cirrhosis and Hepatic Edema: A Nationwide Multicenter Cohort Study

Hepatology Research, Volume 56, Issue 6, Page 925-932, June 2026.
In a nationwide multicenter cohort, an early response to tolvaptan (≥ 1.5‐kg weight loss within 7 days) was independently associated with improved long‐term survival in patients with cirrhosis and hepatic edema. Early initiation before renal impairment or hyponatremia may optimize treatment response and prognosis. ABSTRACT Aim Hepatic edema indicates a
Kaori Koyano, Taeang Arai, Hidenori Toyoda, Keizo Kato, Joji Tani, Suguru Ogura, Tomomi Okubo, Korenobu Hayama, Norio Itokawa, Toshifumi Tada, Akito Nozaki, Atsushi Hiraoka, Kentaro Matsuura, Toru Ishikawa, Naoto Kawabe, Tsunamasa Watanabe, Koichi Takaguchi, Asahiro Morishita, Hironao Okubo, Motoh Iwasa, Hiroki Nishikawa, Yasuhito Tanaka, Masanori Atsukawa   +22 more
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Prospective randomized trial of endoscopic sclerotherapy versus variceal band ligation for esophageal varices: influence on gastropathy, gastric varices and variceal recurrence

, 1997
Background/Aims: Endoscopic variceal ligation and endoscopic sclerotherapy are both recommended for the prevention of variceal rebleeding. To compare their efficacy, their influence on gastric varices and the development of portal gastropathy, 95 ...
Govil, Anwrag, Guptan, Rajkumar C., Murthy, Nandguri S., Jain, Ajay K., Jain, Monika, Sarin, Shiv K., Issar, Sanjeev K.   +6 more
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Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration for bleeding gastric varices in a patient without a gastrorenal shunt

International Journal of Gastrointestinal Intervention
Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO) is an endovascular technique frequently employed in the management of bleeding gastric varices among patients with portal hypertension.
Saurabh Kumar, Apoorva Batra, Rinkesh Bansal, Reyaz Para   +3 more
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Reinforcing the management of type 1 gastric esophageal varices

World Journal of Gastroenterology
Variceal bleed represents an important complication of cirrhosis, with its presence reflecting the severity of liver disease. Gastric varices, though less frequently seen than esophageal varices, present a distinct clinical challenge due to its higher intensity of bleeding and associated mortality.
Majid, Zain, Abrar, Ghazi
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Diagnostic performance of multidetector computed tomography in the evaluation of esoph

The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 2016
Objective: Our purpose was to evaluate the role of multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) in evaluation of esophageal varices (EV). Patients and methods: 112 patients with liver cirrhosis were included, EV was evaluated for grades, presence of ...
Tarek ELKammash, Inas ELFiky, Fatma Zaiton, Soha E. Khorshed   +3 more
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A comparative study of multi-detector CT portography versus endoscopy in evaluation of gastro-esophageal varices in portal hypertension patients

The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 2020
Background Portal hypertension is a major complication resulting from obstruction of portal blood flow, like cirrhosis or portal vein thrombosis, that leads to portal hypertension.
Hany El-Assaly, Lamiaa I. A. Metwally, Heba Azzam, Mohamed Ibrahim Seif-Elnasr   +3 more
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Bleeding esophageal varices: Conservative or surgical treatment?

, 1981
The emergency treatment of bleeding esophageal varices still remain a very difficult problem. In this report results obtained with conservative and operative procedures will be compared.
Sangiuolo P, Iaccarino V., Masciariello S, Zannini G, Porcellini M, SODO, MAURIZIO, Pagano G   +6 more
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Bucrylate treatment of bleeding gastric varices: 12 years' experience.

, 2000
Background and Study Aims: For several years now there has been an increasingly widespread use of a tissue adhesive in the treatment of bleeding gastric varices to achieve rapid, safe control of hemostasis and prevent rebleeding.
KIND R, BORZELLINO, Giuseppe, LOMBARDO F, GIRLANDA R, GUGLIELMI, Alfredo, LEOPARDI F, RODELLA L, CATALANO F, PRATTICO F, RUZZENENTE, Andrea, CORDIANO, Claudio   +10 more
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Characteristics and natural history of gastric varices in portal hypertension. [PDF]

, 2012
INTRODUCTION : Portal hypertension can occur due to many reasons. One of the commonest causes for portal hypertension is cirrhosis. Other important causes are non cirrhotic portal fibrosis (NCPF) and extra hepatic portal vein obstruction (EHPVO). Portal
Sivasubramaniam, B
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