Upper Gastrointestinal Tract - Bleeding (3 of 7)

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Continuous flow of blood from the varix. Gastric varices occur in about 20% of patients with portal hypertension and approximately 25% of gastric varices bleed during lifetime. Gastric variceal bleeding especially from isolated gastric varices usually is profuse, has a higher rate of recurrence than Esophageal Variceal Bleeding , and is associated with decreased survival (cumulative mortality of fundal varices reaching as high as 52% at the end of 1 year) The optimal treatment for gastric variceal bleeding is still controversial, primarily because of the apparent ineffectiveness of conventional antivariceal therapy and the inclusion of patients with gastric varices located at different sites.

tags: varices bleeding portal hypertension stomach endoscopy

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