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Shear wave elastography in assessment of liver stiffness and prediction of gastro-esophageal varices in patients with liver cirrhosis

The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 2019
Background Shear wave elastography is an ultrasound applied technique used to measure tissue stiffness as a result of a disease. So, it can be used to evaluate liver stiffness as a result of liver cirrhosis and could correlate it with esophageal varices.
Mohammed Zaki, Mohammed Hazem, Mahmoud Elsamman   +2 more
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Bleeding Outcomes Following Transesophageal Echocardiography in Patients With Cirrhosis and Esophageal Varices

Hepatology Communications, 2021
Despite scant evidence, current guidelines indicate that esophageal varices are a relative contraindication to transesophageal echocardiography (TEE). The aim of this study is to compare the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding following TEE among cirrhotic
Jordan S. Sack, Michael Li, Stephen D. Zucker   +2 more
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Downhill Esophageal Varices: a Therapeutic Dilemma

, 2018
Esophageal varices can cause life-threatening complications and are most often a sequela of liver disease. Although a rare cause of gastrointestinal bleeding, downhill variceal bleeding secondary to superior vena cava (SVC) obstruction should be ...
Tewari, Virendra, Solanki, Shantanu, Kumar, Anila, Barsa, Jonathan E., Chakinala, Raja C, Aronow, Wilbert S., Mehta, Dhruv, Haq, Khwaja F.   +7 more
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PLATELET COUNT SQUARED/SPLEEN DIAMETER-ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE RATIO: NON-INVASIVE METHOD TO PREDICT ESOPHAGEAL VARICES

Arquivos de Gastroenterologia, 2017
BACKGROUND - Variceal bleeding has a high mortality among cirrhotics, and screening with endoscopy is indicated at the diagnosis of cirrhosis. Screening with endoscopy implies discomfort, risks and considerable costs.
Ângelo Zambam de MATTOS, Larissa Faraco DAROS, Angelo Alves de MATTOS   +2 more
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Predicting the Severity of Esophageal Varices in Patients with Hepatic Cirrhosis Using Non-Invasive Markers

, 2023
Yang-Chun Du,1,2,* Dan Jiang,3,* Ji Wu1 1Department of Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Ultrasound, The People’s Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang ...
Wu J, Du YC, Jiang D
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Association between type 1 diabetes mellitus and esophageal varices: a Mendelian randomization study

Introduction Esophageal varices (EV) are dilated submucosal veins in the distal esophagus connecting the portal vein to the systemic circulation. Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is a chronic autoimmune disease associated with a variety of cardiovascular ...
Kai Feng, Jiang Yuan, Min Li, Yanhui Wei
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Correlation of Portal Hypertensive Gastropathy with the Size of Esophageal Varices in Patients with Decompensated Chronic Liver Disease:

Journal of Bahria University Medical and Dental College
Objectives: To determine the correlation of portal hypertensive gastropathy with esophageal variceal size. To determine the differences in gender of esophageal varices   Study design: A cross-sectional study was done from January 2022- October 2022
Fatima Fakhir Musharraf, Marium Fatima Waqar, Momina Mazhar, Zeeshan Ali, Shabnam Naveed, S. Masroor Ahmad   +5 more
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Downhill esophageal varices: a prevalent complication of superior vena cava obstruction from benign and malignant causes

, 2015
Downhill esophageal varices (DEV) usually develop secondary to superior vena cava (SVC) obstruction. Downhill esophageal varices have been less well characterized compared to uphill varices.
Schallert, Erica, Kuker, Russ, Siegel, Yoel   +2 more
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Cirrhosis and bleeding esophageal varices: historic perspectives

, 2020
The paper describes the fundamental discoveries in the definition and treatment of patients with bleeding esophageal varices and ...
Kappes, Steven K, Kappes, Steven, Sterpetti, Antonio V   +2 more
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A novel scoring system for prediction of esophageal varices in critically ill patients

, 2017
Amr Shaaban Hanafy,1 Rehab Badawi,2 Mohammad Abdelkhalik Atia Basha,3 Amal Selim,4 Mohamed Yousef,2 Sally Elnawasany,2 Loai Mansour,2 Reham Abdelkader Elkhouly,2 Nehad Hawash,2 Sherief Abd-Elsalam2 1Internal Medicine Department, Hepatology Division ...
Elkhouly RA, Yousef M, Hawash N, Elnawasany S, Hanafy AS, Mansour L, Basha MAA, Abd-Elsalam S, Badawi R, Selim A   +9 more
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