- ►ajronline.org ZW Zhuang, GJ Teng, RF Jeffery, JM Gemery, … - American Journal of Roentgenology, 2002 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc Add to CiteULike Add to Complore Add to Connotea Add to Del.icio.us Add to Digg
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Radiology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, One Medical Center Dr., ... Cited by 260 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
AI Sharara, DC Rockey - New England Journal of Medicine, 2001 - content.nejm.org Gastroesophageal variceal hemorrhage, a major complication of portal
hypertension resulting from cirrhosis, accounts for 10 to 30 percent of all
cases of bleeding from the upper gastrointestinal tract. 1 Variceal ... Cited by 190 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
M Rossle, V Siegerstetter, M Huber, A Ochs - Liver, 1998 - interscience.wiley.com ABSTRACT—The transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) is an
interventional treatment resulting in decompression of the portal system by
creation of a side-to-side portosystemic anastomosis. Since its ... Cited by 177 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
GV Papatheodoridis, J Goulis, G Leandro, D … - Hepatology, 1999 - interscience.wiley.com Endoscopic treatment (ET) is frequently used to prevent variceal rebleeding but
this still occurs in about 50% of patients. Recently, transjugular intrahepatic
portosystemic shunt (TIPS) has been compared with ET in several trials. ... Cited by 175 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- Free from Publisher R Jalan, P Hayes - Gut, 2000 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov 1.0 Introduction These guidelines on the management of variceal haemorrhage were
commissioned by the British Society of Gastroenterology under the auspices of
the Liver Section. They were written in June 1998 and have been corrected ... Cited by 171 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 15 versions
GH Lo, KH Lai, JS Cheng, MH Chen, HC Huang … - Hepatology, 2000 - interscience.wiley.com Both -blockers and endoscopic variceal ligation (EVL) have proven to be valuable
alternatives to sclerotherapy in the prevention of variceal rebleeding.
Sucralfate is a mucosal protector. The effects of combinations of -blocker, ... Cited by 154 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
N Chalasani, WS Clark, LG Martin, J Kamean … - Gastroenterology, 2000 - Elsevier Although TIPS effectively relieves portal hypertension, the patient's condition
may deteriorate after shunt placement. Thirty-day mortality rates after TIPS
placement range from 3% to 44%, and 1-year mortality rates range from 10% ... Cited by 128 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
A Luca, G D'Amico, R La Galla, M Midiri, A … - Radiology, 1999 - radiology.rsna.org MATERIALS AND METHODS: Data from 11 relevant studies were retrieved by means of
computerized and manual search. The combinability of the studies was assessed in
terms of clinical and statistical criteria. Data were extracted on the ... Cited by 127 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
F Salerno, M Merli, M Cazzaniga, V Valeriano, … - Journal of hepatology, 2002 - Elsevier Results: During a median follow-up of 23.7 months, 55 patients died, 14
underwent liver transplantation and seven were lost to follow-up. For 3-month
survival, the discrimination power of MELD score was superior to ... Cited by 122 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
Ā Escorsell, R Baņares, JC García-Pagán, R … - Hepatology, 2002 - Elsevier Prevention of variceal rebleeding is mandatory in cirrhotic patients. We
compared the efficacy, safety, and cost of transjugular intrahepatic
portosystemic shunt (TIPS) versus pharmacologic therapy in preventing ... Cited by 96 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
