Natural history of esophageal varices. In Recent Advances in the Pathophysiology and Treatment of Portal Hypertension (eds Bosch, J. & Rodès, J.) 127–142 (Serono Symposia Review, Rome ...

Changes clinical practice: Patients with portal hypertension and large gastric varices (>/=10mm size), either isolated or associated with esophageal varices, should undergo primary prophylaxis.

Portal vein blood contains nutrients and toxins ... Large portosystemic collaterals around the stomach and esophagus (called ...

Bleeding from gastric varices is relatively common and can ... neither is it clear how patients with portal vein thrombosis were managed after 2004. Although treatment groups in this study seem ...