If the veins rupture, they can cause severe and life-threatening bleeding. Variceal bleeding accounts for 10-30% of all upper GI bleeds. Esophageal varices do not usually cause symptoms until a GI ...

Background and Aims: Recent progress in the treatment of variceal bleeding might have reduced the impact of variceal bleeding on survival in patients with esophageal varices. We conducted a ...

Esophagogastroduodenoscopy revealed grade 1 esophageal varices with no signs of hemorrhage. Subsequent colonoscopy showed a large convolute of varicose veins (Figure) with a fibrin-covered ...

Background: It is currently recommended that all patients with liver cirrhosis undergo upper gastrointestinal endoscopy (UGIE) to identify those who have large esophageal varices (LEVx ...

Esophageal capsule endoscopy for screening and surveillance of esophageal varices in patients with portal hypertension. Hepatology 47 , 1595–1603 (2008). Article Google Scholar ...

1 Although the risk of bleeding from gastric varices is estimated to be half that of esophageal varices ... remains controversial... A further cause for concern regarding Procaccini and colleagues ...