P-69 RELATION BETWEEN CLINICAL AND ELASTOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF CIRRHOTIC PATIENTS WITH ENDOSCOPIC VARICEAL LIGATION: A SINGLE-CENTER EXPERIENCE IN LIMA, PERU
Background: Endoscopic variceal ligation (EVL) is the first-line therapy for one of the most frequent causes of mortality in liver cirrhosis, the gastrointestinal bleeding. Child-Pugh, MELD-Na score and transient elastography are noninvasive evaluation of liver cirrhosis. The purpose of the study is...
Main Authors: | Jorge Garavito-Rentería, Rommel Zambrano-Huailla, William J. Araujo-Banchon |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-09-01
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Series: | Annals of Hepatology |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1665268121001319 |
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