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Esophageal varices - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Varices - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Varices in general refers to distended veins. It derives from the Latin word for twisted, "varix". Types of varices include: • Varicose veins of lower extremities • Gastrointestinal varices • Esophag...
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Find information about this disorder and gives a definition, its causes, incidence, and risk factors. ... Bleeding varices are a life-threatening complication of increased blood pressure in the portal vein caused by liver disease (portal hypertension). The portal vein carries blood from the intestine to the liver.
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Esophageal varices — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, treatment of this life-threatening condition. ... Esophageal varices develop when normal blood flow to the liver is blocked. The blood then backs up into smaller, more fragile blood vessels in the esophagus, and sometimes in the stomach or rectum,
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Information about bleeding varices in the esophagus or stomach includes symptoms, treatment, and prevention. ... home > digestion center > digestion a-z list > bleeding varices index > bleeding varices article...
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Bleeding from varices; If large varices (distended veins) develop in the esophagus or upper stomach or any episodes of bleeding from varices have occurred, physicians should consider specific therapy for the varices. ... Other methods are available to prevent or treat varices. These methods include:
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Varices are dilated veins in the distal esophagus or proximal stomach caused by elevated pressure in the portal venous system, typically from cirrhosis. They may bleed massively but cause no other symptoms. Diagnosis is by upper endoscopy.
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CONCLUSIONS: For patients with cirrhosis with high-risk esophageal varices and no history of variceal hemorrhage, propranolol-treated patients had significantly higher failure rates of failure, first esophageal varix hemorrhage, and cumulative mortality than banding patients.
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