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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 +93 more
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Serum bile acids as a prognostic biomarker in biliary atresia following Kasai portoenterostomy
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 +22 more
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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 +4 more
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Management of Gastric Varices [PDF]
I recently read with great interest the article by d’Othee et al. The authors treated gastric varices in the patient with partial splenic and portal thrombs by balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (B-RTO) [1]. The patient had remarkable splenomegaly and thrombocytopenia, so congestion of the splenic vein seemed to have existed before B ...
Makoto, Hashizume +2 more
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EUS-guided cyanoacrylate glue injection for the management of refractory bleeding from postglue ulcer following gastric varices treatment (with video). [PDF]
Tan W, Sheng J, Huang Z, Chen M.
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Gastric varices that arise secondary to the splenic vein occlusion can result in gastrointestinal hemorrhaging. Endoscopic color Doppler ultrasonography (ECDUS) was performed in 16 patients with gastric varices secondary to splenic vein occlusion.
Takahiro Sato +4 more
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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 +8 more
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Upper gastrointestinal bleeding is differentiated based on clinical needs into variceal and non-variceal bleeding. The cause of varices bleeding is portal hypertension, both cirrhosis and non-cirrhosis. Gastric varices occur less than esophageal varices,
Jualita Heidy Saputri, Budi Widodo
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Background The rupture of gastric varices is associated with high mortality rate. Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (B-RTO), a minimally invasive procedure that was introduced in the mid-1990s, has been widely accepted in Japan ...
Inoue Yoshihiro +5 more
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Background HCV infection is a major worldwide cause of chronic liver diseases. Esophageal and gastric varices are common in cirrhotic patients due to concomitant portal hypertension. Variceal hemorrhage is a major decompensating event with high morbidity
Ashraf Aboismail +4 more
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