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Beyond the scope and the glue: update on evaluation and management of gastric varices
BMC Gastroenterology, 2020 Gastric varices are encountered less frequently than esophageal varices. Nonetheless, gastric variceal bleeding is more severe and associated with worse outcomes.
Cyriac Abby Philips +5 more
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World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 2014 Although less common than oesophageal variceal haemorrhage, gastric variceal bleeding remains a serious complication of portal hypertension, with a high associated mortality. In this review we provide an update on the aetiology, classification and management of gastric varices, including acute bleeding, prevention of rebleeding and primary prophylaxis.
Maria, Triantafyllou, Adrian J, Stanley
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Management of Patients With Gastric Varices
, 2022 Management of patients with gastric varices represents a unique challenge for clinicians. The broad range of endoscopic and endovascular techniques currently available is in stark contrast with the limited evidence available to inform the optimal ...
Jalaeian, Hamed +3 more
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Management of Gastric Varices [PDF]
, 2004 Upper gastrointestinal bleeding is one of the emergency conditions in the field of gastroenterology and variceal bleeding is the most common cause of it.
Simadibrata, M. (Marcellus) +5 more
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Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging, 2010 Aim: The purpose of this study was to assess the value of Doppler evaluation of left gastric vein hemodynamics when monitoring portal hypertension patients, by correlating Doppler ultrasonography (USG) parameters with the severity of esophageal varices ...
Subathra Adithan +4 more
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Human thrombin for the treatment of gastric and ectopic varices [PDF]
, 2012 AIM: To evaluate the efficacy of human thrombin in the treatment of bleeding gastric and ectopic varices.METHODS: Retrospective observational study in a Tertiary Referral Centre.
McAvoy, Norma C. +2 more
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Gastroenterology Nursing, 2016 Gastric varices can occur in as many as one-third of patients with portal hypertension. Within the nursing literature, however, articles focus on the management of esophageal varices and portal hypertensive gastrointestinal bleeding with few publications about management of gastric varices.
Carla, Senosiaín Lalastra +1 more
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Endoscopic Obliteration of Gastric Varices
, 2013 Gastric varices are present in 5–33% of patients with portal hypertension and have a reported bleeding incidence of approximately 25% in 2 years. Gastric varices are more common in patients with noncirrhotic portal hypertension and extrahepatic portal ...
Sharara, AI, Sharara A.I.
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Endoscopic sclerotherapy in the treatment of gastric varices
, 1988 Of 309 patients with portal hypertension, gastric varices were found in 48 (16 per cent). While the majority (88 per cent) of the patients had gastric varices in association with oesophageal varices, 6 (12 per cent) patients had 'isolated' gastric ...
Sarin, S. K. +4 more
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Portal Hypertension &Cirrhosis, EarlyView.As the hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) remains the current gold standard for diagnosing portal hypertension in cirrhosis, its clinical application is limited by invasiveness, high cost, and restricted availability. Given the urgent need for noninvasive techniques to dynamically monitor portal vein pressure (PVP), contrast‐enhanced ...
Danping Huang +5 more
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