Relevant studies are reviewed on the diagnosis and the natural history of esophageal varices, prevention of their formation and growth, prevention of the first variceal bleed, use of hepatic vein pressure gradient to predict the evolution of portal hypertension and to estimate the response to pharmacological treatment, prediction of bleeding, treatment of variceal bleeding and prevention of rebleeding, and cost strategies.
Novel developments in esophageal vascular disorders / R. de Franchis, A. Dell'Era. - In: CURRENT OPINION IN GASTROENTEROLOGY. - ISSN 0267-1379. - 24:4(2008 Jul), pp. 490-495.
Novel developments in esophageal vascular disorders
R. de FranchisPrimo
;A. Dell'EraUltimo
2008
Abstract
Relevant studies are reviewed on the diagnosis and the natural history of esophageal varices, prevention of their formation and growth, prevention of the first variceal bleed, use of hepatic vein pressure gradient to predict the evolution of portal hypertension and to estimate the response to pharmacological treatment, prediction of bleeding, treatment of variceal bleeding and prevention of rebleeding, and cost strategies.
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