"Downhill" varices. A rare cause of esophageal hemorrhage [PDF]
"Downhill" varices or upper esophageal varices are a rare cause of proximal digestive tract hemorrhage with only 16 cases described in the literature. In our series, hemorrhage due to "downhill" varices represents 0.1% of all acute esophageal variceal ...
Ferreira, M +4 more
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KASL clinical practice guidelines for liver cirrhosis: Varices, hepatic encephalopathy, and related complications [PDF]
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The Practice of Interventional Gastrointestinal Endoscopy at a Tertiary Referral Hospital
Background: Interventional endoscopy enables one time diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal diseases with minimally invasive therapy and improved disease outcome. Local use has remained low with minimal reporting. Knowledge of current practice at a
James Waweru +5 more
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Duodenal Varices causing massive Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
The bleeding duodenal varices are a rare complication in patients with portal hypertension, but present a difficult diagnostic problem. If there is no bleeding esophageal, gastric fundal varices or ulcer in a patient with upper gastrointestinal bleeding ...
이용찬, 정재복, 송시영
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Prediction of Esophgeal Varices in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis
Background: Patients with liver cirrhosis are regularly examined for evaluation of esophageal varices. Those with large varices should be treated with β-blockers.
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Prophylaxis of first variceal hemorrhage in patients with liver cirrhosis [PDF]
Paumgartner, Gustav +3 more
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Balloon-occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration for Gastric Varices Draining into the Gastrocaval Shunt. [PDF]
Miyayama S +5 more
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Preliminary research on the effectiveness and safety of metal clip-assisted endoscopic variceal ligation in the treatment of gastric varices. [PDF]
Yi W +5 more
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