Endoscopic Management of Portal Hypertension

Cirrhosis is the leading cause of portal hypertension worldwide, with the development of bleeding gastroesophageal varices being one of the most life-threatening consequences. Endoscopy plays an indispensible role in the diagnosis, staging, and prophylactic or active management of varices. With the...

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Autores principales: Al-Busafi, Said A., Ghali, Peter, Wong, Philip, Deschenes, Marc
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3398621/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22830037
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/747095
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description Cirrhosis is the leading cause of portal hypertension worldwide, with the development of bleeding gastroesophageal varices being one of the most life-threatening consequences. Endoscopy plays an indispensible role in the diagnosis, staging, and prophylactic or active management of varices. With the expected future refinements in endoscopic technology, capsule endoscopy may one day replace traditional gastroscopy as a diagnostic modality, whereas endoscopic ultrasound may more precisely guide interventional therapy for gastric varices.
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spelling pubmed-33986212012-07-24 Endoscopic Management of Portal Hypertension Al-Busafi, Said A. Ghali, Peter Wong, Philip Deschenes, Marc Int J Hepatol Review Article Cirrhosis is the leading cause of portal hypertension worldwide, with the development of bleeding gastroesophageal varices being one of the most life-threatening consequences. Endoscopy plays an indispensible role in the diagnosis, staging, and prophylactic or active management of varices. With the expected future refinements in endoscopic technology, capsule endoscopy may one day replace traditional gastroscopy as a diagnostic modality, whereas endoscopic ultrasound may more precisely guide interventional therapy for gastric varices. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-07-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3398621/ /pubmed/22830037 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/747095 Text en Copyright © 2012 Said A. Al-Busafi et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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