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Carvedilol vs endoscopic variceal ligation for primary and secondary prevention of variceal bleeding: Systematic review and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: Variceal hemorrhage is associated with high mortality and is the cause of death for 20–30% of patients with cirrhosis. Nonselective β blockers (NSBBs) or endoscopic variceal ligation (EVL) are recommended for primary prevention of variceal bleeding in patients with medium to large esopha...

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Autores principales: Dwinata, Michael, Putera, David Dwi, Adda’i, Muhamad Fajri, Hidayat, Putra Nur, Hasan, Irsan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6547295/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31183006
http://dx.doi.org/10.4254/wjh.v11.i5.464