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Natural history of gastric varices
WD Chey, Grace H. Elta
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Management of gastric varices [PDF]
AbstractAlthough the incidence of bleeding from gastric varices is relatively low (10%–36%), the bleeding is massive once it has occurred and it increases the patient's mortality. The management of esophageal variceal bleeding is highly differentiated with several effective treatments available.
Morimasa Tomikawa+2 more
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Managing gastric varices. [PDF]
Gastric varices (GV) are a type of ectopic varix, which is a natural portosystemic shunt occurring in response to an increase in intrahepatic vascular resistance, mostly commonly from portal hypertension. GV are present in up to 20% of patients with portal hypertension.
Sallout D, Tatro E, Adler DG.
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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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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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TIPS for gastric varices [PDF]
We recently read with interest the study by Tripathi and colleagues1 investigating the outcome of TIPS in patients with gastric (GV) compared to oesophageal varices (OV). This study confirmed the previous finding of lower mean portosystemic pressure gradient (PPG) in patients with GV bleeding relative to those with a history of OV bleeding.2 Indeed in ...
J M Ryan+2 more
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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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Management of gastric varices [PDF]
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Approximately one in six patients with portal hypertension who develop varices at sites of portosystemic venous collaterals has gastric varices due to hepatofugal flow into the gastric veins.
Pushpinder S Khera+2 more
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