ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES MANAGMENT IN PATIENTS WITH CIRRHOSIS: SCREENING, PROPHYLAXIS AND ACUTE BLEEDING TREATMENT
Usually there are collaterals between the portal venous system and the systemic circulation. In normal circumstances the blood circulation is directed from collaterals to the portal vein; however, in the presence of portal hypertension, this is reversed resulting in the appearance of esophageal and...
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Universidad de Cartagena
2015-12-01
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| Series: | Revista Ciencias Biomédicas |
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| Online Access: | http://revistas.unicartagena.edu.co/index.php/cienciasbiomedicas/article/view/1307/1217 |