Correlation of Liver Elastography as a Predictor of Esophageal Varices and Its Comparison With Ultrasound Abdomen and Liver Function Tests in Patients With Chronic Liver Disease

Introduction: Variceal haemorrhage is a life-threatening complication that occurs in up to 40% of patients with chronic liver disease including cirrhosis. It is associated with a mortality rate of 20% with each episode of variceal bleeding. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy is the gold standard for the det...

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Autores principales: AS, Naveen, Lakshmanan, Suja, Senthil, N, R, Varsha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
Materias:
Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10411853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37565128
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.41652

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10411853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37565128
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.41652

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