Esophageal and Gastric Varices
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Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Hepatic fibrosis scan for liver stiffness score measurement: a useful preendoscopic screening test for the detection of varices in postoperative patients with biliary atresia.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: Even after successful Kasai portoenterostomy, progressive hepatic fibrosis in postoperative patients with biliary atresia (BA) can be associated with portal hypertension and esophageal or gastric varices. Therefore, early diagnosis and ... Read more...

Diagnosis of gastric varices and evaluation of the effectiveness of treatment using transabdominal color Doppler ultrasonography.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the hemodynamics of gastric varices using transabdominal color Doppler ultrasonography (CDUS). METHODS: Using CDUS, we evaluated 41 consecutive patients with gastric varices. We examined color flow ... Read more...

Randomized controlled trial of carvedilol versus variceal band ligation for the prevention of the first variceal bleed.

30 Aug 2009 Current therapy for preventing the first variceal bleed includes beta-blocker and variceal band ligation (VBL). VBL has lower bleeding rates, with no differences in survival, whereas beta-blocker therapy can be limited by side effects. Carvedilol, a ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Esophageal and Gastric Varices'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Endoscopy timing in acute variceal hemorrhage: perhaps not the sooner the better, but delay not justified. 29 Sep 2009
• [Importance of drug treatment to lower portal pressure in the therapy of variceal bleeding] 31 Aug 2009
• Hepatic fibrosis scan for liver stiffness score measurement: a useful preendoscopic screening test for the detection of varices in postoperative patients with biliary atresia. 30 Aug 2009
• Diagnosis of gastric varices and evaluation of the effectiveness of treatment using transabdominal color Doppler ultrasonography. 30 Aug 2009
• The 'Gerstmann's Syndrome' of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt: should it be the left or should it be the right. 30 Aug 2009
• Terlipressin vs. octreotide in bleeding esophageal varices. 30 Aug 2009
• A balancing view: Should cirrhotic patients with small esophageal varices undergo primary bleeding prophylaxis? 30 Aug 2009
• Con: Primary prophylaxis for patients with small esophageal varices from cirrhosis: let the buyer beware. 30 Aug 2009
• Pro: Cirrhotic patients with small esophageal varices should undergo primary prophylaxis. 30 Aug 2009
• Prevention of early variceal rebleeding adding banding to terlipressin therapy. 30 Aug 2009
• Pharmacological versus endoscopic therapy in the prevention of variceal hemorrhage: and the winner is... 30 Aug 2009
• Randomized controlled trial of carvedilol versus variceal band ligation for the prevention of the first variceal bleed. 30 Aug 2009
• Percutaneous paraumbilical embolization as an unconventional and successful treatment for bleeding jejunal varices. 12 Aug 2009
• [Arteriovenous shunt after splenectomy. A rare cause of cardiac incompensation and portal hypertension] 8 Aug 2009
• Images in clinical medicine. Tortuous varicosities in chronic schistosomiasis. 4 Aug 2009
• [Surgery of oesophagus] 30 Jul 2009
• Early rebleeding and death at 6 weeks in alcoholic cirrhotic patients with acute variceal bleeding treated with emergency endoscopic injection sclerotherapy. 30 Jul 2009
• Taking the tension out of portal hypertension. 30 Jul 2009
• Biliary atresia: how medical complications and therapies impact outcome. 30 Jul 2009
• Cirrhosis: screening for esophageal varices. 30 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Esophageal and Gastric Varices'

Definition: Dilated blood vessels in the ESOPHAGUS or GASTRIC FUNDUS that shunt blood from the portal circulation (PORTAL SYSTEM) to the systemic venous circulation. Often they are observed in individuals with portal hypertension (HYPERTENSION, PORTAL).

Descriptor UI: D004932

Alternative terms: Esophageal and Gastric Varices; Gastric Varix; Varices, Gastric; Varix, Gastric; Gastric Varices; Esophageal Varices; Esophageal Varix; Varices, Esophageal; Varix, Esophageal;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C06.405.117.240; C06.552.494.414;

Online Note: use ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES to search ESOPHAGEAL VARICES 1966-84

History Note: 85; was ESOPHAGEAL VARICES 1963-84

Technical Notes: do not specify esophageal or gastric aspect unless particularly discussed; hemorrhaging esophageal or gastric varices: coord IM with HEMORRHAGE, GASTROINTESTINAL (IM)