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Porto-mesenteric four-dimensional flow MRI: a novel non-invasive technique for assessment of gastro-oesophageal varices

Insights into Imaging
Objectives To assess the role of 4D flow MRI in the assessment of gastro-oesophageal varices and in the prediction of high-risk varices in patients with chronic liver disease.
Rasha Karam, Basma A. Elged, Omar Elmetwally, Shahira El-Etreby, Mostafa Elmansy, Mohammed Elhawary   +5 more
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Evaluation of endoscopic secondary prophylaxis in children and adolescents with esophageal varices

Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
BACKGROUND Bleeding of esophageal varices is the main cause of morbidity and mortality in children and adults with portal hypertension and there are few studies involving secondary prophylaxis in children and adolescents.
Júlio Rocha PIMENTA, Alexandre Rodrigues FERREIRA, Eleonora Druve Tavares FAGUNDES, Paulo Fernando Souto BITTENCOURT, Alice Mendes MOURA, Simone Diniz CARVALHO   +5 more
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Clinical evolution and prognosis of bleeding from gastric versus esophageal varices: comparative study [PDF]

, 2018
Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, RomaniaIntroduction. Gastrointestinal bleeding is by far the most severe and life-threatening complication of portal hypertension in cirrhotic patients. The location of the varices is tightly
Blidaru, Teodor Cristian, Dima, Natalia Ioana   +1 more
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Isolated gastric varices associated with antiphospholipid syndrome and protein S deficiency: a case report and review of the literature

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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An Etiological Study of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Journal of Rawalpindi Medical College, 2012
Background: To determine the causes of upper gastrointestinal bleed in patients undergoing endoscopy Methods: In this prospective descriptive study 147 naive patients, with first episode of upper gastrointestinal bleeding, who underderwent endoscopic ...
Sohail Bhutta
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Balloon-occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration for Gastric Varices Draining into the Gastrocaval Shunt. [PDF]

Interv Radiol (Higashimatsuyama)
Miyayama S, Yamashiro M, Sugiura T, Ogawa N, Ozaki F, Sakuragawa N.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Plug assisted retrograde transvenous obliteration of gastric varices in failed endoscopic therapy as salvage option

A 35 year female patient presented to emergency department with abdominal distension, hematemesis and shock. She was known case of vitiligo vulgaris and chronic liver disease secondary to Autoimmune Hepatitis with features of Portal Hypertension. She had
Chauhan, Udit, Sharma, Pankaj, Kumar G R, Hemanth, Shankar, Ravi   +3 more
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Preliminary research on the effectiveness and safety of metal clip-assisted endoscopic variceal ligation in the treatment of gastric varices. [PDF]

Ther Adv Gastroenterol
Yi W, Xiuling L, Hui D, Zhenjuan L, Jiaxin L, Runzhao Q.   +5 more
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Assessment of Esophageal and Gastric Varices in Patients With Cirrhosis for Clinical Trials: A Centralized Blinded Evaluation System. [PDF]

Gastro Hep Adv
Alkhouri N, Vuppalanchi R, Noureddin M, Lawitz E, Mena E, Gunn NT, Jamil K, Zuckerman S, Harrison SA, Chalasani N.   +9 more
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Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding Due to Ruptured Gastric Varices: A Diagnostic Challenge. [PDF]

Cureus
Neves da Silva L, Araújo IM, Ribeiro R, Teixeira S, Mendes F, Flores L, Pereira J.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source