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Clinical algorithms for the prevention of variceal bleeding and rebleeding in patients with liver cirrhosis
Portal hypertension (PH), a common complication of liver cirrhosis, results in development of esophageal varices. When esophageal varices rupture, they cause significant upper gastrointestinal bleeding with mortality rates up to 20% despite state-of-the-art treatment. Thus, prophylactic measures are...
Autores principales: | Pfisterer, Nikolaus, Unger, Lukas W, Reiberger, Thomas |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Baishideng Publishing Group Inc
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8326161/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34367495 http://dx.doi.org/10.4254/wjh.v13.i7.731 |
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