2017
Stratifying risk in the prevention of recurrent variceal hemorrhage: Results of an individual patient meta‐analysis
Albillos A, Zamora J, Martínez J, Arroyo D, Ahmad I, De‐la‐Peña J, Garcia‐Pagán J, Lo G, Sarin S, Sharma B, Abraldes JG, Bosch J, Garcia‐Tsao G, Cooperation O. Stratifying risk in the prevention of recurrent variceal hemorrhage: Results of an individual patient meta‐analysis. Hepatology 2017, 66: 1219-1231. PMID: 28543862, PMCID: PMC5605404, DOI: 10.1002/hep.29267.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChild B/CPrevious variceal bleedingCombination therapyVariceal bleedingCirrhosis severityChild APrognostic stageRecurrent variceal hemorrhageAdvanced liver failureEndoscopic variceal ligationOutcome of therapyVariceal hemorrhageLiver failureVariceal ligationLiver functionPatientsPatient careVaricealTherapyPatient dataMortalityTrialsCirrhosisBleedingProphylaxis
1985
Portal pressure, presence of gastroesophageal varices and variceal bleeding
Garcia‐Tsao G, Groszmann R, Fisher R, Conn H, Atterbury C, Glickman M. Portal pressure, presence of gastroesophageal varices and variceal bleeding. Hepatology 1985, 5: 419-424. PMID: 3873388, DOI: 10.1002/hep.1840050313.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHepatic vein pressure gradientSmall varicesCirrhotic patientsPortal pressureLarge varicesSize of varicesHepatic vein catheterizationOccurrence of hemorrhagePortal pressure measurementsAlcoholic cirrhosisGastroesophageal varicesVariceal bleedingEsophagogastric varicesVariceal sizeVein catheterizationVaricesPatientsStandardized measurementsHgPressure measurementsCirrhosisBleedingCatheterizationHemorrhageEndoscopy