Esophageal varices are large or swollen blood vessels in the esophagus. Here, learn all about this health issue, including its symptoms and causes.

Esophageal varices may leak blood and eventually rupture. This can lead to severe bleeding and life threatening complications, including death. When this happens, it’s a medical emergency.

In liver cirrhotic patients, thrombocytopenia and splenomegaly represent independent predictors of large esophageal varices. [4,5] Decreased prothrombin activity and increased ultrasonographic ...

Blood transfusion did not significantly improve the prognosis of patients with digestive bleeding by esophageal varices, according to a study in Open Access Journal of Gastroenterology. &ldquo ...

Band ligation of esophageal varices is now considered the endoscopic procedure of choice to prevent recurrent variceal hemorrhage and eradicate varices, for which it usually requires 3¨C4 sessions.

In 2 cases 8,12 esophageal varices were seen on the x-ray film and both gastric and esophageal varices were noted on splenoportography. Three of the 15 splenoportograms were unsuccessful.

Prediction of the first variceal hemorrhage in patients with cirrhosis of the liver and esophageal varices: a prospective multicenter study. N Engl J Med 1988;319:983-989. Crossref.

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

Gastric varices occur in about half the total number of patients with cirrhosis. It is the most common reason for bleeding in upper gastrointestinal tract with high portal blood pressure and it ...

A case report of spinal cord infarction following endoscopic variceal ligation. To describe an exceedingly rare case of spinal cord infarction following endoscopic variceal ligation. Department of ...

Aim: To investigate if esophageal varices can be evaluated using external contrast-enhanced ultrasonography with Levovist and coded harmonic angio (CHA). Methods: Subjects were six healthy adult ...