Management of bleeding gastric varices (GV) presents a unique challenge for patients with
portal hypertension. Despite over thirty years of diagnostic and treatment advances …

Bleeding from gastroesophageal varices is a serious complication in patients with liver
cirrhosis and portal hypertension. Although there has been significance improvement in the …

These updated guidelines on the management of variceal haemorrhage have been
commissioned by the Clinical Services and Standards Committee (CSSC) of the British …

According to their location, gastric varices (GV) are classified as gastroesophageal varices
and isolated gastric varices. This review will mainly focus on those GV located in the fundus …

Importance Varices are one of the main clinical manifestations of cirrhosis and portal
hypertension. Gastric varices are less common than esophageal varices but are often …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: One of the most feared complications with the use of
cyanoacrylate for treatment of gastric varices is the occurrence of potentially life-threatening …

Bacterial infections are common in cirrhotic patients with acute variceal bleeding, occurring
in 20% within 48 h. Outcomes including early rebleeding and failure to control bleeding are …

To understand the venous structure of the portal-collateral pathways, it helps to understand
their embryologic development. Fig. 1 shows the changes over time of the developing portal …

Bleeding from gastric varices (GV) continues to pose a challenge to the endoscopist and no
consensus has been reached on the best way for treating these patients. Gastric variceal …

Purpose To assess short-and long-term mortality and rebleeding with endoscopic
cyanoacrylate (EC) versus balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO) …