 Esophageal and Gastric Varices
"Esophageal and Gastric Varices" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Dilated blood vessels in the ESOPHAGUS or GASTRIC FUNDUS that shunt blood from the portal circulation (PORTAL SYSTEM) to the systemic venous circulation. Often they are observed in individuals with portal hypertension (HYPERTENSION, PORTAL).
| Descriptor ID |
D004932
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C06.405.117.240 C06.552.494.414
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| Concept/Terms |
Gastric Varix- Gastric Varix
- Varices, Gastric
- Varix, Gastric
- Gastric Varices
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2021 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Esophageal and Gastric Varices" by people in Profiles.
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Parikh ND, Jones P, Salgia R, Bhan I, Grinspan LT, Jou JH, Zhou K, Jalal P, Roccaro G, Rangnekar AS, Benhammou JN, Pillai A, Mehta N, Wedd J, Yang JD, Kim AK, Duarte-Rojo A, Oloruntoba OO, Tevar A, Au JS, Blain Y, Rao S, Catalano OA, Lewis S, Mendiratta-Lala M, King K, Sachdev L, Lee EW, Bruno J, Kamel I, Tolosa C, Kao K, Badawi T, Przybyszewski EM, Quirk L, Nathani P, Haydel B, Leven E, Wong N, Albertian R, Chen A, Aloor FZ, Mohamed IB, Elkheshen A, Marvil C, Issac G, Clinton JW, Woo SM, Yum J, Rieger E, Hutchison AL, Turner DA, Alsudaney M, Hernandez P, Xu Z, Khalid A, Barrick B, Wang B, Tapper EB, Hao W, Singal AG. Development and Validation of a Noninvasive Model for the Detection of High-Risk Varices in Patients With Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2025 Feb; 23(2):281-290.e4.
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Borhani A, Luu H, Mohseni A, Xu Z, Shaghaghi M, Tolosa C, Attari MMA, Madani SP, Shahbazian H, Khoshpouri P, Afyouni S, Zandieh G, Kamel IR, Kim AK. Screening for exclusion of high-risk bleeding features of esophageal varices in cirrhosis through CT and MRI. Clin Imaging. 2024 Jun; 110:110168.
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Leung DH, Ye W, Schwarzenberg SJ, Freeman AJ, Palermo JJ, Weymann A, Alonso EM, Karnsakul WW, Murray KF, Stoll JM, Huang S, Karmazyn B, Masand P, Magee JC, Alazraki AL, Towbin AJ, Nicholas JL, Green N, Otto RK, Siegel MJ, Ling SC, Navarro OM, Harned RK, Narkewicz MR, Molleston JP. Long-term follow-up and liver outcomes in children with cystic fibrosis and nodular liver on ultrasound in a multi-center study. J Cyst Fibros. 2023 03; 22(2):248-255.
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Bass LM, Ye W, Hawthorne K, Leung DH, Murray KF, Molleston JP, Romero R, Karpen S, Rosenthal P, Loomes KM, Wang KS, Squires RH, Miethke A, Ng VL, Horslen S, Kyle Jensen M, Sokol RJ, Magee JC, Shneider BL. Risk of variceal hemorrhage and pretransplant mortality in children with biliary atresia. Hepatology. 2022 09; 76(3):712-726.
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Rao SS, Jensen AM, Kriss MS, Morgan RL, Ho PM, Ryu RK, Trivedi PS. Racial Differences in the Use of Endoscopy and Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Creation for Treatment of Acute Variceal Bleeding in the United States. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2022 04; 33(4):465-468.e1.
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Boike JR, Thornburg BG, Asrani SK, Fallon MB, Fortune BE, Izzy MJ, Verna EC, Abraldes JG, Allegretti AS, Bajaj JS, Biggins SW, Darcy MD, Farr MA, Farsad K, Garcia-Tsao G, Hall SA, Jadlowiec CC, Krowka MJ, Laberge J, Lee EW, Mulligan DC, Nadim MK, Northup PG, Salem R, Shatzel JJ, Shaw CJ, Simonetto DA, Susman J, Kolli KP, VanWagner LB. North American Practice-Based Recommendations for Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunts in Portal Hypertension. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2022 08; 20(8):1636-1662.e36.
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Trivedi PS, Jensen AM, Brown MA, Morgan RL, Lindrooth RC, Ryu RK, Ho PM, Kriss MS. High Prevalence of Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Creation Without Prior Endoscopy During Acute Variceal Bleeding Hospitalization in the United States. Hepatol Commun. 2021 10; 5(10):1784-1790.
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Spaander MCW, van der Bogt RD, Baron TH, Albers D, Blero D, de Ceglie A, Conio M, Czakó L, Everett S, Garcia-Pagán JC, Ginès A, Jovani M, Repici A, Rodrigues-Pinto E, Siersema PD, Fuccio L, van Hooft JE. Esophageal stenting for benign and malignant disease: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Guideline - Update 2021. Endoscopy. 2021 07; 53(7):751-762.
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Trivedi PS, Jensen AM, Kriss MS, Brown MA, Morgan RL, Lindrooth RC, Ho PM, Ryu RK. Ethnoracial Disparity in Hospital Survival following Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Creation for Acute Variceal Bleeding in the United States. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2021 07; 32(7):941-949.e3.
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Kolb JM, Wani S, Soetikno R, Edmundowicz SA, Hammad H. Endoscopic submucosal dissection for early esophageal and gastric neoplasia in decompensated cirrhosis with varices. Endoscopy. 2021 Apr; 53(4):E128-E129.
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