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Gastroenterology Research and Practice, 2019 Background and Aims. Currently, it is well known that Helicobacter pylori- (H. pylori-) related peptic ulcer is one of the main causes of nonvariceal bleeding in cirrhotic patients.
Mohamed A. Elsebaey +6 more
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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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Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2011 In patients with large gastric varices, dose limitation of the sclerosant can cause difficulties in achieving complete thrombosis of varices during a single balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO) procedure.
Tetsuo Sonomura +7 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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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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Balloon-Occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration (BRTO) for Gastric Varices (GV) in Interventional Radiology (IR) [PDF]
, 2022 Balloon-Occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration (BRTO) for Gastric Varices in Interventional Radiology (IR) Lauren Wiest Dr. Elaine Halesey, Ed.D., R. T.
Wiest, Lauren
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Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, EarlyView.Abstract Objectives Portal vein (PV) flow velocity is considered an indicator of portal hypertension. However, few studies have evaluated the predictive performance of PV flow velocity for high‐risk varices (HRV) in children with biliary atresia (BA). In this study, we evaluated the predictive performance of PV peak systolic velocity (PSV) for HRV in ...
Tomoya Fukuoka +8 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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