Aim: To investigate if esophageal varices can be evaluated using external contrast-enhanced ultrasonography with Levovist and coded harmonic angio (CHA). Methods: Subjects were six healthy adult ...

Enlarged blood vessels around your esophagus are called varices. If they rupture, it may be fatal. Variceal banding is a procedure that prevents and treats these ruptures. Advanced liver conditions, ...

We have observed frequent discrepancies between the endoscopic and radiologic diagnosis of esophageal varices. In addition, differences in interpretation of the same radiologic examination by various ...

Two multicenter trials have evaluated the potential of capsule endoscopy as a diagnostic tool for screening and surveillance of esophageal varices in cirrhotic patients. Their results are similar and ...

Blood transfusion did not significantly improve the prognosis of patients with digestive bleeding by esophageal varices, according to a study in Open Access Journal of Gastroenterology. “Digestive ...

The prevalence and risk factors associated with esophageal varices in patients with hepatitis C and advanced fibrosis have not been established. To determine the prevalence of esophageal varices in ...

Italian researchers have discovered that antiviral treatment and sustained virologic response (SVR) prevents esophageal varices in patients with compensated hepatitis C (HCV)-induced cirrhosis, ...

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In liver cirrhotic patients, thrombocytopenia and splenomegaly represent independent predictors of large esophageal varices. [4,5] Decreased prothrombin activity and increased ultrasonographic portal ...

The published comparisons of esophageal varices by these two methods have been retrospective and uncontrolled in several important ways. First of all, the two examinations were not performed ...