Gastric antral vascular ectasia and its relation with portal hypertension

Editor,—Spahr and colleagues recently published a case series which described the poor response of a haemorrhage from gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE) to portal decompression by insertion of a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) ( Gut 1999; 44 :739–742). However, the authors' ... View More