- feature.
Evidence of
recent variceal hemorrhage includes necrosis and
ulceration of the mucosa.
Evidence of past
variceal hemorrhage includes inflammation...
- used.
Tranexamic acid may also be useful.
Procedures (such as TIPS for
variceal bleeding) may be used.
Recurrent or
refractory bleeding may lead to need...
- as
initial preventative measures. In
patients who have had a
previous variceal bleed both
treatments are recommended. Some
evidence supports the addition...
- complications.
Complications include ascites,
spontaneous bacterial peritonitis,
variceal hemorrhage,
hepatic encephalopathy,
hepatorenal syndrome, and cardiomyopathy...
- are
called varices.
Varices are more
likely to
rupture at this point.
Variceal rupture often leads to
severe bleeding,
which can be fatal.
Caput medusae...
-
suggests that
endoscopic injection of cyanoacrylate,
known as
gastric variceal obliteration or GVO is
superior to band
ligation in
preventing rebleeding...
-
modern endoscopic techniques which can
rapidly and
definitively control variceal bleeding, Sengstaken–Blakemore
tubes are
rarely used at present. The device...
- area of
intensive research. Both TIPS and DSRS lead to
decreased rates of
variceal bleeding at the
expense of
hepatic encephalopathy; however, TIPS appears...
-
Pinter M, et al. (November 2013). "Carvedilol for
primary prophylaxis of
variceal bleeding in
cirrhotic patients with
haemodynamic non-response to propranolol"...
-
varicose veins through endoscopy, was
later enhanced with the
introduction of
variceal band ligation.
Technological advancements also led to
pharmacological therapies...
