GASTRIC varices are being seen increasingly often in the patient presenting acute gastrointestinal hemorrhage. This increased frequency is associated with a greater number of cirrhotic patients found ...

Background A 35-year-old woman with a past history of antiphospholipid syndrome and near-fatal vascular thrombosis was transferred to Glasgow Royal Infirmary, UK, for investigation of 'obscure' ...

A research team from China investigated the afferent and efferent veins of different types of gastric varices (GV) according to their location, with multidetector computed tomography portal venography ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN FRANCISCO — Researchers from Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia identified risk factors for ...

Background. A 49-year-old woman with hepatitis C and peptic ulcer disease presented to the emergency department after an onset of sudden massive hematemesis. She had a history of alcohol abuse, but ...

Changes clinical practice: Patients with portal hypertension and large gastric varices (>/=10mm size), either isolated or associated with esophageal varices, should undergo primary prophylaxis.

The patient was given octreotide at the doses indicated because of the high suspicion of variceal bleeding. Intravenous ciprofloxacin was also administered to prevent bacterial infection. At endoscopy ...

Two patients with the diagnosis of liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension related to hepatitis infection were admitted to Shanghai Ruijin hospital due to recurrent melena and hematemesis. Isolated ...

A 51-year-old woman with esophageal varices secondary to decompensated cirrhosis presented to the emergency department with hematemesis. Her heart rate was 123 beats/min and her blood pressure was ...

Evidence-based recommendations on transvenous obliteration for gastric varices. This involves inserting a tube with a tiny balloon on the end into a vein in the thigh or neck. The tube is then passed ...

Gastric varices (GV) are an important complication of portal hypertension. As an almost atraumatic method, computed tomography (CT) angiography has been used widely to show the portal vein system.