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Non-Invasive Predictors of Esophageal Varices in Alcoholic Chronic Liver Disease

Journal of Nobel Medical College, 2019
Background: Alcohol is widely consumed socially accepted recreational beverage, that is toxic and affects directly or indirectly almost every organ. Spectrum of alcoholic liver disease ranges from fatty liver to cirrhosis. One of the complications of the
Rishab Shrestha, Alisha Rajbhandari, Pradip Chaudhary, Kausal Sigdel   +3 more
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Beta-blockers to prevent gastroesophageal varices in patients with cirrhosis. [PDF]

, 2005
BACKGROUND: Nonselective beta-adrenergic blockers decrease portal pressure and prevent variceal hemorrhage. Their effectiveness in preventing varices is unknown.
Bosch, J, Burroughs, AK, Escorsell, A, Gao, H, Garcia-Pagan, JC, Garcia-Tsao, G, Grace, ND, Groszmann, RJ, Makuch, R, Matloff, DS, Patch, D, Planas, R, Portal Hypertension Collaborative Group   +12 more
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Duodenal varices

Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology, 2011
A 76-year-old man had a history of liver cirrhosis secondary to chronic hepatitis B infection. A hepatoma had also been noted 2 years previously. This time, he presented initially at the emergency department because of dysuria and fever for 2 days and tarry stool since the afternoon.
Yu-Peng, L, Yi-Lan, L, Wen-Ko, S
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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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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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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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Nodular regenerative hyperplasia and liver transplantation: a systematic review

Frontiers in Transplantation, 2023
Nodular regenerative hyperplasia (NRH) is a primary disease of the liver that may cause noncirrhotic portal hypertension. Common causes include autoimmune, hematologic, immune deficiency, and myeloproliferative disorders. Given the limited data regarding
Ben E. Biesterveld, Paul M. Schroder, Mary E. Hitchcock, Alexandra Bolognese, Steven C. Kim, David P. Al-Adra   +5 more
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Glasgow Blatchford scoring system enables accurate risk stratification of patients with upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage

Khyber Medical University Journal, 2023
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate Glasgow Blatchford (GB) scores ability for risk stratification in patients presenting with upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB).
Fatima Khalil, Nayyar Yaqoob, Shahida Perveen, Humera Qureshi, Muhammad Imran Khan   +4 more
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Clinical Image of Varicose Veins of Upper Extremity [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
A 72-year-old male presented to the Department of Shalyatantra with the chief complaint of longstanding swellings in the left forearm (as shown in [Table/Fig-1]) over the last 20 years, which had been progressively increasing in size and number over the ...
Shubham Bobade, Sheetal Asutkar
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Portal vein flow velocity as a possible fast noninvasive screening tool for esophageal varices in cirrhotic patients

JGH Open, 2020
Background and Aim Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) is the gold standard tool in both screening/diagnosis and management of varices in cirrhotic patients; however, its invasive nature may be uncomfortable to some patients, and in addition, it may be ...
Yara N Elkenawy, Reda A Elarabawy, Layla M Ahmed, Abdallah A Elsawy   +3 more
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