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National Journal of Medical Research, 2014 Background: In patients of chronic liver disease, the parameters directly linked to portal hypertension such as splenomegaly and decreased platelet count were predictors of presence of esophageal varices.
Jayesh Sharma +3 more
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Revista Colombiana de GastroenterologíaIntroduction: Esophageal varices represent one of the main complications in patients with liver cirrhosis. The main objective was to determine the diagnostic performance of the new Baveno VII criteria to exclude the presence of esophageal varices in ...
Celide Campoverde Cueva +5 more
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Use of Octreotide in the Acute Management of Bleeding Esophageal Varices [PDF]
, 1997 Daniel Sadowski
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The use of endoscopy in liver diseases [PDF]
, 1997 The use of fibre-optic endoscopy has greatly facilitated the management of some patients with chronic liver disease. Upper endoscopy plays a pivotal role in the diagnosis and management of oesophageal and gastric varices.
Lam, SK, Lau, GKK, Ng, M, Wu, WHC
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Nuevas aplicaciones de la cápsula endoscópica: PILLCAM™ ESO [PDF]
, 2007 Capsule endoscopy has opened a new era in small bowel examination. Its indications are now welldefined and currently, wireless capsule endoscopy is considered as the first-line imaging tool for the diagnosis of small bowel diseases.
Armendariz, R. (R.) +3 more
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EUS-guided portal pressure gradient measurement with a simple novel device: a human pilot study. [PDF]
, 2018 Background and aimsPortal hypertension is a serious adverse event of liver cirrhosis. Recently, we developed a simple novel technique for EUS-guided portal pressure gradient (PPG) measurement (PPGM).
Chang, Kenneth J +7 more
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Journal of Family Medicine and Primary CareBackground: Development of esophageal varices is one of the major complications of liver cirrhosis, and endoscopy is used to see the presence, grading, and long-term monitoring of esophageal varices which is an invasive and unpleasant procedure. There is
Navgeet Mathur +6 more
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Endoscopic Management of High-Grade Dysplastic Barrett’s With Esophageal Varices [PDF]
, 2014 William E. Palmer +5 more
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Hemorrhage from primitive rectal varices in patient with idiophatic thrombosis of portal vein: case report [PDF]
, 2006 Introduction. Rectal varices, primitive or secondary to hypertensive or thrombotic disorders of mesenteric-portal circle, represent an uncommon cause of lower digestive bleeding.
Armaleo, Francesco +7 more
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Frequency of Gastro Esophageal Varices in Cirrhotic Patients with Splenomegaly
Pakistan Journal of Medical ResearchBackground: Patients with esophageal varices due to cirrhosis have a high propensity to bleed. Changes in hepatic structure result in higher resistance to portal blood flow which causes esophageal varices to form dilated portal veins and splenomegaly ...
Asma Abdul Razzak +3 more
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