Efficacy of long-acting somatostatin analogs in recurrent variceal bleeding in a patient with pre-hepatic portal vein thrombosis | Zendy

Tamara Alempijević | Zendy; Ana Balović | Zendy; Aleksandra Pavlović-Marković | Zendy; Dino Tarabar | Zendy; Miodrag Krstić | Zendy; Predrag Miljić | Zendy; Miloš Bjelović | Zendy

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Efficacy of long-acting somatostatin analogs in recurrent variceal bleeding in a patient with pre-hepatic portal vein thrombosis

Author(s) -

Tamara Alempijević,

Ana Balović,

Aleksandra Pavlović-Marković,

Dino Tarabar,

Miodrag Krstić,

Predrag Miljić,

Miloš Bjelović

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

vojnosanitetski pregled

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123

H-Index - 19

eISSN - 2406-0720

pISSN - 0042-8450

DOI - 10.2298/vsp1503283a

Subject(s) - medicine , portal hypertension , gastric varices , portal vein thrombosis , esophageal varices , surgery , sclerotherapy , thrombosis , varix , varices , portal venous pressure , octreotide , gastroenterology , radiology , somatostatin , cirrhosis

Bleeding from esophageal varices is a serious medical problem because of the risk of recurrent bleeding and high mortality rate (17-54%). Gastroesophageal varices develop in 50% of cirrhotic patients with portal hypertension, but can also develop in other pre- or post-hepatic causes of portal hypertension.

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