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Management of gastric varices with EUS-guided coil ablation [PDF]

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Background and Aims: Gastric varices are associated with a greater risk of bleeding and mortality than esophageal varices. Standard treatments, including endoscopic cyanoacrylate injection and balloon retrograde transvenous obliteration, pose risks of ...
Davekaran Buttar, MBBS, Mayank Goyal, MBBS, Ashwariya Ohri, MBBS, Andrew C. Storm, MD, Eric J. Vargas Valls, MD, MS, Michael A. McIntyre, AEA, Barham Abu Dayyeh, MD, MPH, FASGE   +6 more
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Isolated gastric varices associated with antiphospholipid syndrome and protein S deficiency: a case report and review of the literature [PDF]

Journal of International Medical Research
The mortality rate of gastric varices bleeding can reach 20% within 6 weeks. Isolated gastric varices (IGVs) refer to gastric varices without esophageal varices and typically arise as a common complication of left portal hypertension.
Xueyan Li, Jiandi Wu, Feifei Fang, Ying Liu, Wewei Jiang, Gangping Li, Jun Song   +6 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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Natural history of liver disease in a large international cohort of children with Alagille syndrome: Results from the GALA study

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Natural history of liver disease in a large international cohort of children with Alagille syndrome: Results from the GALA study. Abstract Background and Aims Alagille syndrome (ALGS) is a multisystem disorder, characterized by cholestasis. Existing outcome data are largely derived from tertiary centers, and real‐world data are lacking.
Shannon M. Vandriel, Li‐Ting Li, Huiyu She, Jian‐She Wang, Melissa A. Gilbert, Irena Jankowska, Piotr Czubkowski, Dorota Gliwicz‐Miedzińska, Emmanuel M. Gonzales, Emmanuel Jacquemin, Jérôme Bouligand, Nancy B. Spinner, Kathleen M. Loomes, David A. Piccoli, Lorenzo D'Antiga, Emanuele Nicastro, Étienne Sokal, Tanguy Demaret, Noelle H. Ebel, Jeffrey A. Feinstein, Rima Fawaz, Silvia Nastasio, Florence Lacaille, Dominique Debray, Henrik Arnell, Björn Fischler, Susan Siew, Michael Stormon, Saul J. Karpen, Rene Romero, Kyung Mo Kim, Woo Yim Baek, Winita Hardikar, Sahana Shankar, Amin J. Roberts, Helen M. Evans, M. Kyle Jensen, Marianne Kavan, Shikha S. Sundaram, Alexander Chaidez, Palaniswamy Karthikeyan, Maria Camila Sanchez, Maria Lorena Cavalieri, Henkjan J. Verkade, Way Seah Lee, James E. Squires, Christina Hajinicolaou, Chatmanee Lertudomphonwanit, Ryan T. Fischer, Catherine Larson‐Nath, Yael Mozer‐Glassberg, Cigdem Arikan, Henry C. Lin, Jesus Quintero Bernabeu, Seema Alam, Deirdre A. Kelly, Elisa Carvalho, Cristina Targa Ferreira, Giuseppe Indolfi, Ruben E. Quiros‐Tejeira, Pinar Bulut, Pier Luigi Calvo, Zerrin Önal, Pamela L. Valentino, Dev M. Desai, John Eshun, Maria Rogalidou, Antal Dezsőfi, Sabina Wiecek, Gabriella Nebbia, Raquel Borges Pinto, Victorien M. Wolters, María Legarda Tamara, Andréanne N. Zizzo, Jennifer Garcia, Kathleen Schwarz, Marisa Beretta, Thomas Damgaard Sandahl, Carolina Jimenez‐Rivera, Nanda Kerkar, Jernej Brecelj, Quais Mujawar, Nathalie Rock, Cristina Molera Busoms, Wikrom Karnsakul, Eberhard Lurz, Ermelinda Santos‐Silva, Niviann Blondet, Luis Bujanda, Uzma Shah, Richard J. Thompson, Bettina E. Hansen, Binita M. Kamath, The Global ALagille Alliance (GALA) Study Group   +93 more
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Serum bile acids as a prognostic biomarker in biliary atresia following Kasai portoenterostomy

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Serum bile acid levels predict outcomes in patients with biliary atresia who achieve normalized bilirubin levels after Kasai portoenterostomy. Abstract Background and Aims In biliary atresia, serum bilirubin is commonly used to predict outcomes after Kasai portoenterostomy (KP).
Sanjiv Harpavat, Kieran Hawthorne, Kenneth D. R. Setchell, Monica Narvaez Rivas, Lisa Henn, Charlotte A. Beil, Saul J. Karpen, Vicky L. Ng, Estella M. Alonso, Jorge A. Bezerra, Stephen L. Guthery, Simon Horslen, Kathy M. Loomes, Patrick McKiernan, John C. Magee, Robert M. Merion, Jean P. Molleston, Philip Rosenthal, Richard J. Thompson, Kasper S. Wang, Ronald J. Sokol, Benjamin L. Shneider, for Childhood Liver Disease Research Network (ChiLDReN)   +22 more
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Report of a case of cirrhotic portal hypertension with ectopic varices in the bilateral pulmonary hilar

DEN Open, 2022
Here, we report the case of patient cirrhosis with esophageal and gastric fundal varices who developed rare ectopic varices in the bilateral pulmonary hilar after repeated endoscopic treatments (tissue adhesive for gastric fundal varices + esophageal ...
Ke Zhu, Wei Zhang, Wei Shao, Jing Ding, Chao Ma   +4 more
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Endoscopic therapy of gastric variceal bleeding

Медицина неотложных состояний, 2022
Bleeding from esophageal and gastric varices is the most life-threatening complication of liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension. Gastric variceal bleeding is often more serious and can be fatal.
S.M. Chooklin, S.S. Chuklin, Ya.R. Dutka
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Transcatheter splenic artery embolization for pancreatic sinistral portal hypertension with gastrointestinal blee-ding: a case report [PDF]

Waike lilun yu shijian, 2022
Pancreatic sinistral portal hypertension (PSPH) is a rare entity resulting from splenic vein obstruction and is characterized by splenomegaly, gastric and/or esophageal varices with normal liver function.
CHEN Xiaojuan, ZHANG Wen, CAI Yu
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Safety and Cost-Effectiveness of N-butyl-2-Cyanoacrylate without Lipiodol in Endoscopic Management of Gastric Varices

Journal of Rawalpindi Medical College, 2020
Introduction: Gastric varices are frequently seen in patients with portal hypertension. The mainstay of treatment is variceal injection with a mixture of N-butyl-2-Cyanoacrylate and lipiodol.
Mahmood Ahmad, Muhammad Ayub, Fawad Iqbal Janjua, Aisha Majeed, Nooman Gilani   +4 more
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Dual Microcatheter Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration of Gastric Varices: Coil Embolization as a Substitute for Balloon Occlusion

Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2012
Dual microcatheter retrograde transvenous obliteration (DMRTO) of gastric varices enables dual microcatheters to be advanced to the gastric varices themselves or to a site adjacent to the varices.
Hiroki Minamiguchi, Nobuyuki Kawai, Morio Sato, Munehisa Sawa, Akira Ikoma, Hiroki Sanda, Kouhei Nakata, Motoki Nakai, Tetsuo Sonomura   +8 more
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