Randomized controlled trial of carvedilol versus variceal band ligation for the prevention of the first variceal bleed # †

Tripathi, Dhiraj; Ferguson, James; Kochar, Narendra; Leithead, Joanna; Therapondos, George; C. McAvoy, Norma; J. Stanley, Adrian; Forrest, Ewan; Hislop, W.S.; R. Mills, Peter; Hayes, Peter

doi:10.1002/hep.23045

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Randomized controlled trial of carvedilol versus variceal band ligation for the prevention of the first variceal bleed # †

Published in Hepatology • Apr 27, 2009

Authors:

Dhiraj Tripathi

James Ferguson

Narendra Kochar

Abstract

UNLABELLED: Current therapy for preventing the first variceal bleed includes beta-blocker and variceal band ligation (VBL). VBL has lower bleeding rates, with no differences in survival, whereas beta-blocker therapy can be limited by side effects. Carvedilol, a non-cardioselective vasodilating beta-...

Subject

Carvedilol

Medicine

Randomized controlled trial

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