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Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Treatment of Gastric Varices Using Coils and Cyanoacrylate Glue Injections: Results after 1 Year of Experience

Background and Aims: Gastric varices (GVs) occur in 20% of patients with portal hypertension. GVs are associated with a 65% risk of bleeding over the course of 2 years and have a mortality rate of up to 20%. The standard treatment for GVs is obliteration with cyanoacrylate (CYA). This study presents...

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Autores principales: Kozieł, Sławomir, Pawlak, Katarzyna, Błaszczyk, Łukasz, Jagielski, Mateusz, Wiechowska-Kozłowska, Anna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6912414/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31731504
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm8111786