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18672569

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-8-4
pubmed:abstractText
Portal hypertension is an important marker in the development of life-threatening complications of hepatic cirrhosis. It is the direct cause ofoesophageal varices (OV), liver encephalopathy, and ofascites. One of the most important locations where the junctions between the portal and systemic circulation become dilated is the region of the oesophagus and the stomach. Bleeding from OV can be the cause of death in as many as 1/3 of cirrhosis patients with portal hypertension. Oesophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) is a standard procedure to examine gastro-oesophageal varices, but radial endosonography (EUS) allows for precise quantification of the size of oesophageal and stomach varices including their diagnosis at a stage when they still cannot be distinguished by standard EGD. The objective of the study was to assess the benefit of 12 and 20 MHz EUS and EGD in the detection of oesophageal and stomach varices (including varices which still cannot be diagnosed endoscopically) and in determining their size. Another objective was to find out whether there is a link between hepatic functional impairment measured by the Child-Pugh scale and the size of oesophageal varices. We also assessed the incidence and size of varices with respect to portal blood flow measured by Doppler examination.
pubmed:language
cze
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0042-773X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
54
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
597-603
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
[Comparative study of detection and evaluation of the size of oesophageal varices with the use of 12 and 20 MHz frequency radial endosonography vs. esophagogastroduodenoscopy].
pubmed:affiliation
II. Interní klinika Lékartské fakulty UP a FN Olomouc. ptednosta doc. MUDr. Vlastimil Prochdzka, Ph.D. igor.tozzi@fnol.cz
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, English Abstract