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Outcomes of Esophageal Varices in Adults With Fontan Palliation and Liver Cirrhosis

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to define the risk and outcomes of esophageal varices in adults with Fontan palliation and liver cirrhosis undergoing esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD).
Burchill, LJ, Jain, CC, Ahmed, MH, Connolly, HM, Jokhadar, M, Egbe, AC, Kamath, PS, Sugrue, MH, Miranda, WR   +8 more
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Baveno VII Criteria for the Exclusion of Esophageal Varices in a Peruvian Population: Cross-Sectional Study

Revista Colombiana de Gastroenterología
Introduction: 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, Williams Celedonio-Campos, Brayan Campos-Salazar, Rommel Zambrano-Huailla, Karla Alejandra Vizcarra Zevallos, Jorge Garavito-Renteria   +5 more
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Esophageal carcinoma in a patient with bleeding esophageal varices

, 1999
More than 20 cases of esophageal carcinoma have been reported to develop after endoscopic injection sclerotherapy (EIS), and this technique is implicated in the pathogenesis of esophageal cancer.
Law, S, Wong, J, Chu, KM, Tung, PHM, Liu, CL   +4 more
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Non-invasive assessment of large esophageal varices with liver cirrhosis ; a study conducted in Pakistan [PDF]

, 2019
The assessment of non-invasive parameters for the prediction of large esophageal varices among patients with liver cirrhosisis is of utmost importance. In this study, non-invasive parameters for prediction of large esophageal varices were retrospectively
Talib, Abu, Mahmood, Khalid, Adil, Syed Omair, Ubaid, Muhammad, Haider, Iftikhar   +4 more
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[Esophageal varices].

Ceskoslovenska otolaryngologie, 1998
Variceal hemorrhage still carries a high mortality and a high risk of recurrence. Esophageal varices bleed rarely with a porto-systemic pressure gradient below 12 mmHg; pharmacotherapy, thus, aims at lowering the pressure gradient below this critical threshold.
S K, Yachha, A, Srivastava
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Correlation of non-invasive parameters with upper gastrointestinal endoscopy findings for presence and grading of gastroesophageal varices in liver cirrhosis patients

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
Background: 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, Harsh Patel, Ravi Mangalia, Amit Mehta, Medha Mathur, Anjana Verma, Ashish Patyal   +6 more
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Management of pediatric patients with esophageal varices

, 2016
Background: There is a paucity of good quality research about the diagnosis of esophageal varices and the prophylaxis and treatment of variceal bleeding in pediatric patients with portal hypertension There is little consensus and practically no evidence ...
Gana Ansaldo, Juan Cristóbal, Gana A, Juan Cristobal, Verdaguer, S., Verdaguer D, Sofia   +3 more
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Prophylaxis of first variceal hemorrhage in patients with liver cirrhosis [PDF]

, 1986
Paumgartner, Gustav, Kleber, G., Gerbes, Alexander L., Sauerbruch, Tilman   +3 more
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Management of Gastrointestinal Bleeding Due to Esophageal Varices Utilizing Metallic Esophageal Stent

Introduction: We present an unusual case of esophageal varices and refractory gastrointestinal bleeding managed with placement of esophageal stents. Case Description/Methods: A 34-year-old woman with a medical history of esophageal varices, alcoholic ...
Darwiche, Layla, Jafri, Syed-Mohammed, Ashraf, Taha   +2 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

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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