Ascites affects the benefit of carvedilol on patients with liver cirrhosis and esophageal and gastric varices

• Main Authors: Ruiqi Xia (Author), Bing Wu (Author), Ji Zhou (Author), Mingyan Ji (Author), Shuyue Wang (Author), Xiaoqing Zeng (Author), Shiyao Chen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Esophageal and gastric varices (EGV) bleeding is a dangerous side effect of liver cirrhosis. Ascites may affect the effectiveness of carvedilol in preventing EGV rebleeding. A retrospective analysis was done on patients with EGV bleeding who visited our gastroenterology department between J...