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 ...

Yepuri, MD Esophageal varices are swollen, thin-walled veins in the lower esophagus, the tube that carries food from the ...

Background and Aims: Recent progress in the treatment of variceal bleeding might have reduced the impact of variceal bleeding on survival in patients with esophageal varices. We conducted a ...

The clinical and autopsy records of patients in whom the diagnosis of esophageal varices was made from 1950 to 1957 at this hospital were examined. The records of the 50 patients in whom the tube ...

These structures exert pressure on the splenic vein, obstructing blood flow and increasing venous pressure, leading to gastric varices. Stenosis of the splenic vein is a rare cause of SVH.