Current Staging and Diagnosis of Gastroesophageal Varices

Nayantara Coelho-Prabhu; Patrick S. Kamath

doi:10.1016/j.cld.2010.03.006

Current Staging and Diagnosis of Gastroesophageal Varices

Nayantara Coelho-Prabhu, Patrick S. Kamath

Gastroenterology and Hepatology

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Abstract

Portal hypertension is defined as an increase in hepatic sinusoidal pressure to 6 mm Hg or higher. Cirrhosis is the most common cause of portal hypertension in the western world and results from increased resistance to blood flow at the hepatic sinusoidal level.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	195-208
Number of pages	14
Journal	Clinics in liver disease
Volume	14
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cld.2010.03.006
State	Published - May 2010

Keywords

Diagnosis
Esophageal varices
Gastric varices
Staging

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Hepatology

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