Esophageal capsule endoscopy for screening and surveillance of esophageal varices in patients with portal hypertension. Hepatology 47 , 1595–1603 (2008). Article Google Scholar ...
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 ...
Aim: To investigate if esophageal varices can be evaluated using external contrast-enhanced ultrasonography with Levovist and coded harmonic angio (CHA). Methods: Subjects were six healthy adult ...
Gastric varices are present at the time of screening endoscopy in approximately 25% of patients with known cirrhosis; 18% of patients with known cirrhosis have both esophageal and gastric varices.