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Severe gastric variceal haemorrhage due to splenic artery thrombosis and consecutive arterial bypass

BACKGROUND: Upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage is mainly caused by ulcers. Gastric varicosis due to portal hypertension can also be held responsible for upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Portal hypertension causes the development of a collateral circulation from the portal to the caval venous system...

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Autores principales: von Trotha, Klaus T, Binnebösel, Marcel, Truong, Son, Behrendt, Florian F, Wasmuth, Hermann E, Neumann, Ulf P, Jansen, Marc
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3142481/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21711534
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2482-11-14