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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-2-13
pubmed:abstractText
Pharmacologic treatment of bleeding gastrointestinal arteriovenous malformations is difficult. These lesions should be treated pharmacologically only when endoscopic treatment is not successful and bleeding persists or when the lesions cannot be treated endoscopically due to their localization, mainly in the small bowel. These are only a limited number of studies available on the medical treatment of bleeding arteriovenous malformations. There is considerable evidence, however, that a combination of estrogens and progestagens significantly reduces the bleeding frequency and intensity and also the transfusion requirements in patients with high transfusion need. A few other drugs have been tried in patients with bleeding gastrointestinal arteriovenous malformations: danazol, octreotide, desmopressin, and aminocaproic acid. The experience with these drugs, however, is limited to case reports or to small series of patients.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1052-5157
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
6
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
819-32
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Pharmacologic therapy of arteriovenous malformations.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Catholic, University of Leuven, Belgium.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review