Patients with cirrhosis often develop abnormal veins ... M.D., director of the MUSC Digestive Disease Research Core Center, ...

Esophageal capsule endoscopy for screening and surveillance of esophageal varices in patients with portal hypertension. Hepatology 47 , 1595–1603 (2008). Article Google Scholar ...

Gastric varices are present at the time of screening endoscopy in approximately 25% of patients with known cirrhosis; 18% of patients with known cirrhosis have both esophageal and gastric varices.

In view of his existing infectious conditions, hepatic cirrhosis was suspected as the cause of his bleeding from esophageal varices. He had also, however, been treated for a long time with ...

The study was conducted with a retrospective cohort of 304 patients with liver cirrhosis and esophageal varices who were newly diagnosed at our department (Korea University Anam Hospital ...

We conducted a retrospective cohort study in an attempt to re-evaluate the clinical significance of variceal bleeding. Methods: A cohort of 304 patients with liver cirrhosis and esophageal varices ...