Upper endoscopy in patients with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and postthrombolysis upper gastrointestinal bleeding – results, therapeutic utility

Upper endoscopy in patients with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and postthrombolysis upper gastrointestinal bleeding – results, therapeutic utility

Upper endoscopy is the “golden standard” for the diagnosis of upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGB); it appreciates the persistence of bleeding in more than 90% of cases, it reveals the UGB lesion, gives prognostic information about re-bleeding risk and offers the possibility of endoscopic haemostas...

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Main Authors: Parepa Irinel-Raluca, Suceveanu Andra-Iulia, Suceveanu A. P., Mazilu Laura, Cîmpineanu B., Craiu Elvira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2012-08-01
Series:ARS Medica Tomitana
Subjects:
upper endoscopy
acute stemi
postthrombolysis upper gastrointestinal bleeding
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/v10307-012-0022-x

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https://doi.org/10.2478/v10307-012-0022-x

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