Esophageal and Gastric Varices
"Esophageal and Gastric Varices" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Dilated blood vessels in the ESOPHAGUS or GASTRIC FUNDUS that shunt blood from the portal circulation (PORTAL SYSTEM) to the systemic venous circulation. Often they are observed in individuals with portal hypertension (HYPERTENSION, PORTAL).
| Descriptor ID |
D004932
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C06.405.117.240 C06.552.494.414
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| Concept/Terms |
Gastric Varix- Gastric Varix
- Varices, Gastric
- Varix, Gastric
- Gastric Varices
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Esophageal and Gastric Varices" by people in Profiles.
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Robbins J, Halegoua-DeMarzio D, Basu Mallick A, Vijayvergia N, Ganetzky R, Lavu H, Giri VN, Miller J, Maley W, Shah AP, DiMeglio M, Ambelil M, Yu R, Sato T, Lefler DS. Liver Transplantation in a Woman with Mahvash Disease. N Engl J Med. 2023 Nov 23; 389(21):1972-1978.
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Herman J, Baram M. Blood and volume resuscitation for variceal hemorrhage. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2015 Jul; 12(7):1100-2.
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Kalman RS, Pedrosa MC. Evidence-based review of gastrointestinal bleeding in the chronic kidney disease patient. Semin Dial. 2015 Jan-Feb; 28(1):68-74.
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Kageyama K, Nishida N, Yamamoto A, Jogo A, Tsukamoto T, Miki Y. Usefulness of CT volumetry for gastric varix before balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration. Hepatogastroenterology. 2014 Sep; 61(134):1806-11.
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Rizzo L, Attanasio M, Pinzone MR, Berretta M, Malaguarnera M, Morra A, L'Abbate L, Balestreri L, Nunnari G, Cacopardo B. A new sampling method for spleen stiffness measurement based on quantitative acoustic radiation force impulse elastography for noninvasive assessment of esophageal varices in newly diagnosed HCV-related cirrhosis. Biomed Res Int. 2014; 2014:365982.
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Kageyama K, Nishida N, Yamamoto A, Jogo A, Hamamoto S, Matsui H, Tokunaga M, Miki Y. Risk factors for rebleeding and prognostic factors for postoperative survival in patients with balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration of acute gastric variceal rupture. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2014 Oct; 37(5):1235-42.
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Dadabhai AS, Fenkel JM, Brown DB, Laine L. Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration for the treatment of gastric varices. Hepatology. 2012 Apr; 55(4):1301-4.
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Kageyama K, Nishida N, Matsui H, Yamamoto A, Nakamura K, Miki Y. Successful balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration for gastric varix mainly draining into the pericardiophrenic vein. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2012 Feb; 35(1):180-3.
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Maddur H, Naik S, Siddiqui AA, Rockey DC. Adherence and adequacy of therapy for esophageal varices prophylaxis. Dig Dis Sci. 2011 Nov; 56(11):3129-36.
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Pedroso FE, Koniaris LG. Shunting: a better way to prevent variceal bleeding. J Surg Res. 2011 May 1; 167(1):e1-3.