These esophageal varices are fragile and they're prone to rupturing and bleeding. People with liver disease have difficulty forming blood clots to stop that bleeding. This is what makes variceal ...

Liver disease is just one of the consequences of excessive alcohol consumption. This is especially serious because liver failure can be fatal. Alcohol-related liver disease (ARLD) is caused by ...

These esophageal varices are fragile and they're prone to rupturing and bleeding. People with liver disease have difficulty forming blood clots to stop that bleeding. This is what makes variceal ...

Background: It is currently recommended that all patients with liver cirrhosis undergo upper gastrointestinal endoscopy (UGIE) to identify those who have large esophageal varices (LEVx ...

Malnutrition is highly prevalent among patients with chronic liver disease and is nearly universal among patients awaiting liver transplantation. Malnutrition in patients with cirrhosis leads to ...

A substantial number of patients with advanced liver disease (with advanced fibrosis and varices) were recruited to both the placebo group and the UDCA group. 7 Primary end points were predictably ...

Title: In patients with compensated MASH cirrhosis with platelet count 150,000/µL and radiologic findings of portal hypertension, a third are identified with esophageal varices on screening ...

Portal hypertension may not be associated with any clinical abnormalities but is usually accompanied by splenomegaly, esophageal varices ... size of the spleen in liver disease correlate only ...

the need for new treatments that can prevent disease progression is more urgent than we had anticipated. The significant reduction of 68% we see in incidence of new varices in completer patients ...

SEQUELAE of portal hypertension directly or indirectly constitute the principal cause of morbidity and mortality in chronic liver disease. The pathologic physiology of this state is incompletely ...