Role of Endoscopy in Primary Prophylaxis for Esophageal Variceal Bleeding

Agustín Albillos; Beatriz Peñas; Javier Zamora

doi:10.1016/j.cld.2010.03.001

Role of Endoscopy in Primary Prophylaxis for Esophageal Variceal Bleeding

Agustín Albillos^*, Beatriz Peñas, Javier Zamora

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Metabolism and Systems Science

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Abstract

Cirrhosis is the leading cause of portal hypertension in the Western world. From a clinical standpoint, the most significant consequence of portal hypertension is the development of esophageal varices. Despite the many advances in the management of variceal bleeding, it remains a life-threatening complication of portal hypertension. Primary prophylaxis to prevent the first bleeding episode in patients with cirrhosis and esophageal varices is therefore critically important in the management of patients with cirrhosis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	231-250
Number of pages	20
Journal	Clinics in Liver Disease
Volume	14
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cld.2010.03.001
Publication status	Published - May 2010

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Funding Information:
This work was supported by grants from the Spanish Ministry of Education (no. BFU 2006-09280/BFI ), the Fundación Mutua Madrileña (no. FundacionMM-2006-001 ), and from the Spanish Ministry of Health, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (PI051871, Ciberehd).

Keywords

β-blockers
Cirrhosis
Endoscopic variceal ligation
Portal hypertension

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Hepatology

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