Left gastric vein-based noninvasive test for esophageal varices: a same-day comparison of portal hemodynamic assessment with endoscopic appearance

OBJECTIVE: To examine the effect of hemodynamic assessment of the left gastric vein (LGV) as a noninvasive test to diagnose esophageal varices (EV) in cirrhosis patients. METHODS: This cross-sectional study consisted of 229 cirrhosis patients (62.7 ± 11.8 years; Child-Pugh score 5–14). One hundred f...

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Autores principales: Maruyama, Hitoshi, Kobayashi, Kazufumi, Kiyono, Soichiro, Ogasawara, Sadahisa, Ooka, Yoshihiko, Suzuki, Eiichiro, Chiba, Tetsuhiro, Kato, Naoya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group US 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5968022/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29795388
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41424-018-0021-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5968022/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29795388
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41424-018-0021-8

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