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An overview of downhill esophageal varices: a challenge for medical practice [PDF]

Annals of Medicine
Objectives Unlike the commonly seen uphill esophageal varices in clinical practice, downhill esophageal varices are caused by obstruction of the superior vena cava and azygous venous system.
Donghong Wang, Zhibin Ma
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SURGICAL METHODS OF BLEEDING PREVENTION FROM ESOPHAGEAL VARICES IN TREATMENT FOR PATIENTS WITH LIVER CIRRHOSIS

Вестник хирургии имени И.И. Грекова, 2017
E.A. Vagner Perm State Medical University OBJECTIVE. The authors would like to improve the results of surgical treatment of patients with threat of bleeding from esophageal varices. MATERIALS AND METHODS.
M. F. Zarivchatskiy, E. D. Kamenskikh, I. N. Mugatarov, M. V. Kolyvanova   +3 more
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Correlation between Serum Albumin Level and Degree of Esophageal Varices in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis [PDF]

, 2011
Background: It has not been clear about how often the patient should have esophago- gastroduodenoscopy (EGD) screening for esophageal varices (EV) detection and there is only some data that demonstrates the correlation between the degree of EV and non ...
Dewa Gde Agung Budiyasa, Yuna Ariawan, I Ketut Mariadi, I Dewa Nyoman Wibawa, Nyoman Purwadi, I Gusti Agung Suryadarma   +5 more
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Regression of esophageal varices during entecavir treatment in patients with hepatitis-B-virus-related liver cirrhosis [PDF]

Clinical and Molecular Hepatology, 2016
Recent studies suggest that liver cirrhosis is reversible after administering oral nucleos(t)ide analogue therapy to patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection.
Hye Young Jwa, Yoo-Kyung Cho, Eun Kwang Choi, Heung Up Kim, Hyun Joo Song, Soo-Young Na, Sun-Jin Boo, Seung Uk Jeong, Bong Soo Kim, Byoung-Wook Lee, Byung-Cheol Song   +10 more
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Can “Attenuation Subtraction”, a Computed Tomography Scan‐Based Factor, be Used as a Predictor of High‐Risk Esophageal Varices in Cirrhotic Patients? A Retrospective Cohort Study [PDF]

Health Science Reports
Background and Aims Liver cirrhosis is a severe condition that can result in complications such as portal hypertension and esophageal varices (EVs). While current guidelines recommend screening for EVs, existing procedures are often invasive, costly, and
Mohammad Mersad Mansouri Tehrani, Nasser Bahari, Kian Goudarzi, Faeze Salahshour, Babak Shekarchi, Mohammad Masih Mansouri‐Tehrani, Majid Nouri   +6 more
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Hiatal Hernia-Related Esophageal Varices Misdiagnosed as Cancer: Salvaged With Clipping. [PDF]

ACG Case Rep J
Jo BJ.
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Spleen Stiffness Measurement as Non-Invasive Surrogate for Esophageal Varices in Chronic Liver Disease

Journal of Nobel Medical College, 2022
Background: In patients with chronic liver diseases, liver and spleen stiffness measurement by elastography is the most recent available noninvasive tool.
Pratap Sagar Tiwari, Sudhamshu KC
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Platelet count can predict the grade of esophageal varices in cirrhotic patients: a cross-sectional study [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

F1000Research, 2021
Background: Bleeding from esophageal varices is a life-threatening complication in cirrhosis. Screening endoscopy is recommended in cirrhotic patients to identify patients at risk of variceal hemorrhage, but this is an invasive procedure and has ...
Anum Afsar, Muhammad Nadeem, Aysha Rani, Sadaf Ghaffar, Syed Asim Ali Shah, Huma Hussain   +5 more
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Left Gastric Vein Width Is an Important Risk Factor for Exacerbation of Esophageal Varices Post Balloon-Occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration for Gastric Varices in Cirrhotic Patients

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, Kazushige Nirei, Tatsuo Kanda, Masayuki Honda, Tomotaka Ishii, Shuhei Arima, Yoichiro Yamana, Naoki Matsumoto, Shunichi Matsuoka, Mitsuhiko Moriyama   +9 more
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Role of Virtual Ruler-Based Diameter Measurement in Endoscopic Therapy for Cirrhotic Esophageal Varices: A Retrospective Multicenter Study. [PDF]

Can J Gastroenterol Hepatol
Fang Z, Bai Y, Mao Y, Jin J, Zhang Q, Tang Y, Ding X, Kong D.   +7 more
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