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Self-Expandable Metal Stents for Persisting Esophageal Variceal Bleeding after Band Ligation or Injection-Therapy: A Retrospective Study. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Despite a pronounced reduction of lethality rates due to upper gastrointestinal bleeding, esophageal variceal bleeding remains a challenge for the endoscopist and still accounts for a mortality rate of up to 40% within the first 6 weeks.
Martin Müller, Thomas Seufferlein, Lukas Perkhofer, Martin Wagner, Alexander Kleger   +4 more
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Natural history of patients with non cirrhotic portal hypertension: Comparison with patients with compensated cirrhosis [PDF]

, 2018
Background. The knowledge of natural history of patients with portal hypertension (PH) not due to cirrhosis is less well known than that of cirrhotic patients. Aim.
Aprile, Francesca, Gioia, Stefania, Merli, Manuela, Nardelli, Silvia, Nicoletti, Valeria, Pasquale, Chiara, Pentassuglio, Ilaria, Riggio, Oliviero   +7 more
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Coil-Assisted Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration (CARTO) for the Treatment of Portal Hypertensive Variceal Bleeding: Preliminary Results. [PDF]

, 2014
ObjectivesTo describe the technical feasibility, safety, and clinical outcomes of coil-assisted retrograde transvenous obliteration (CARTO) in treating portal hypertensive non-esophageal variceal hemorrhage.MethodsFrom October 2012 to December 2013, 20 ...
Busuttil, Ronald, Durazo, Francisco, Goldstein, Leonard, Gomes, Antoinette S, Han, Steven-Huy, Kee, Stephen T, Lee, Edward W, Loh, Christopher T, McWilliams, Justin, Moriarty, John, Saab, Sammy, Tafti, Bashir A   +11 more
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Comparison of the AIMS65 Score with Other Risk Stratification Scores in Upper Variceal and Nonvariceal Gastrointestinal Bleeding. [PDF]

, 2018
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Alexandrino, G, Carvalho, R, Reis, J
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A Fibreoptic Endoscopic Study of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding at Bugando Medical Centre in Northwestern Tanzania: a Retrospective Review of 240 Cases. [PDF]

, 2012
Upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is recognized as a common and potentially life-threatening abdominal emergency that needs a prompt assessment and aggressive emergency treatment.
A Elghuel, A Timraz, AB Olokoba, AG Kankaria, Anthony Liwa, C Meaden, C Zaltman, D Pateron, DA Peura, DE Elliott, DJ Cook, DJ Exon, Eliasa Mkongo, EM Vreeburg, FK Chan, G Theocharis, GS Kibiki, HC Wolfsen, HM Salih, Hyasinta Jaka, J Chasawat, J Villanueva Palacios, JA Forrest, K Aoki, K Kivkin, K Palmer, M Suba, M Urassa, Mabula D Mchembe, Mariam Mirambo, ME Van Leerdam, Mheta Koy, MJ Kaviani, MN Lakhwani, N Sarin, NK Arora, P Vlavianos, Phillipo L Chalya, Rodrick Kabangila, S Mustapha, SA Hearnshaw, T Alempijevic, TA Rockall, TA Rockall, V Balderas, Wolfgang Scheppach   +45 more
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COMPLICATION ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING AMONG MEXICAN PATIENTS WITH CIRRHOSIS

Annals of Hepatology, 2022
Introduction and Objectives: Upper gastrointestinal bleeding is a common complication among cirrhotic patients and holds high mortality and morbidity; the most common cause is variceal hemorrhage.
F.A. Lajud-Barquin, M.F. Higuera de la Tijera, J.L. Pérez-Hernández, I.E. Bravo-Espinoza, R.Y. López-Pérez, M.O. Santana-Montes, P.M. Diego-Salazar   +6 more
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Comparison of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt with covered stent and balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration in managing isolated gastric varices [PDF]

, 2017
OBJECTIVE: Although a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) is commonly placed to manage isolated gastric varices, balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO) has also been used. We compare the long-term outcomes from these
Kim, Seung Kwon, Korenblat, Kevin, Lee, Kristen A, Sauk, Steven   +3 more
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Does a History of Stroke Affect Outcomes in Non-variceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding? [PDF]

Cureus
Anupam Gupta, Anudeep Surendranath
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Carvedilol in the treatment of portal hypertension

The Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology, 2011
Variceal bleeding is a major event in the natural history of end-stage liver disease with a subsequent high mortality rate. Non-selective β-blockers are currently the drugs of choice for preventing first variceal bleeding. Endoscopic rubber band ligation
Hamdan Al-Ghamdi
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Partial splenic embolization as a rescue and emergency treatment for portal hypertension and gastroesophageal variceal hemorrhage

BMC Gastroenterology, 2023
Background Partial splenic embolization (PSE) is a non-surgical procedure which was initially used to treat hypersplenism. Furthermore, partial splenic embolization can be used for the treatment of different conditions, including gastroesophageal ...
Vlad Pavel, Gregor Scharf, Patricia Mester, Lea U. Krauss, Karsten Gülow, Alexander Mehrl, Martina Müller, Stephan Schmid   +7 more
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