Prevalence, Classification and Natural History of Gastric Varices: A Long–Term Follow–Up Study in 568 Portal Hypertension Patients

K. Sarin, Shiv; Lahoti, Deepak; P. Saxena, Sanjay; S. Murthy, Nandguri; K. Makwana, Uday

doi:10.1002/hep.1840160607

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Prevalence, Classification and Natural History of Gastric Varices: A Long–Term Follow–Up Study in 568 Portal Hypertension Patients

Published in Hepatology • Dec 1, 1992

Authors:

Shiv K. Sarin

Deepak Lahoti

Sanjay P. Saxena

Abstract

To determine the prevalence and natural history of gastric varices, we prospectively studied 568 patients (393 bleeders and 175 nonbleeders) with portal hypertension (cirrhosis in 301 patients, noncirrhotic portal fibrosis in 115 patients, extrahepatic portal vein obstruction in 117 patients and hep...

Subject

Varices

Gastric varices

Medicine

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