It is likely in such an anatomic situation that the increased portal pressure is transmitted both to the esophageal veins and to the veins in the gastric fundus and cardia. Gastric varices may be ...

Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina revealed the need to clarify current treatment guidelines for ...

Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina have revealed the need to clarify current treatment guidelines for ...

[4,5] Decreased prothrombin activity and increased ultrasonographic portal vein diameter are reported to be useful markers for non-invasive diagnosis of esophageal varices. [6] It has been shown ...

For instance, patients with esophageal or fundic varices had higher measurements of splenic vein internal diameter, portal vein internal diameter, splenic area, and LSM compared to those without ...

After transfer to an academic medical centre, the presence of gastric varices was identified and presumed to be due to splenic vein thrombosis. Pancreatitis is the most common cause of splenic vein ...

There are multiple causes of NCPH; among them is chronic portal vein obstruction. Development of esophageal and gastric varices is a well-known sequela of portal hypertension (pHTN), which comes with ...

Bleeding from gastric varices is relatively common and can be ... neither is it clear how patients with portal vein thrombosis were managed after 2004. Although treatment groups in this study ...

Patients with cirrhosis often develop abnormal veins known as varices in the esophagus that can bleed and require immediate intervention. The current treatment calls for the banding of varices ...