Gastroesophageal variceal bleeding was common in patients with portal vein thrombosis without cirrhosis. The progression of varices at high risk for bleeding were similar to the development of varices ...

Beta blockers should be the first line of prevention against variceal bleeding in patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension. While banding is similarly effective in reducing the incidence of ...

Variceal rebleeding frequently develops in patients with cirrhosis after an initial episode of acute variceal hemorrhage. The best prophylactic treatment for variceal rebleeding has not been clearly ...

In the whole series, 222 (73%) out of 304 patients were male and the median age was 52 years (range: 22-82 years). Liver cirrhosis was related to hepatitis B virus in 192 (63%) patients, alcohol ...

The long-term course after an index bleed is punctuated by repeated episodes of variceal hemorrhage with its attendant risks of exsanguination, hepatic encephalopathy, and liver failure. The ...

Bleeding from gastric varices is relatively common and can be life threatening. The optimal treatment strategy for gastric variceal hemorrhage is controversial. Both interventional radiology and ...

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In a recent study, researchers determined carvedilol was more effective in the prevention of variceal hemorrhaging than variceal band ligation, a common treatment used for the past 20 years. Patients ...

Garcia-Tsao G, Abraldes JG, Berzigotti A, et al. Portal hypertensive bleeding in cirrhosis: risk stratification, diagnosis, and management: 2016 practice guidance by the American Association for the ...

Approximately half of patients with advanced liver disease have varicose veins in the esophagus and stomach, and a more than a fifth of them experience bleeding from these varices into the digestive ...

Khaberni - The Health Care Family Institute newsletter (from the King Hussein Foundation institutes) discusses today, ...