Esophageal and Gastric Varices
"Esophageal and Gastric Varices" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Dilated blood vessels in the ESOPHAGUS or GASTRIC FUNDUS that shunt blood from the portal circulation (PORTAL SYSTEM) to the systemic venous circulation. Often they are observed in individuals with portal hypertension (HYPERTENSION, PORTAL).
| Descriptor ID |
D004932
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
C06.405.117.240 C06.552.494.414
|
| Concept/Terms |
Gastric Varix- Gastric Varix
- Varices, Gastric
- Varix, Gastric
- Gastric Varices
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Esophageal and Gastric Varices".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Esophageal and Gastric Varices".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Esophageal and Gastric Varices" by people in this website by year, and whether "Esophageal and Gastric Varices" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Esophageal and Gastric Varices" by people in Profiles.
-
Portosystemic shunts versus endoscopic intervention with or without medical treatment for prevention of rebleeding in people with cirrhosis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020 10 22; 10:CD000553.
-
Interventional EUS (with videos). Gastrointest Endosc. 2017 Mar; 85(3):465-481.
-
Cirrhosis and its complications: evidence based treatment. World J Gastroenterol. 2014 May 14; 20(18):5442-60.
-
Tissue adhesives: cyanoacrylate glue and fibrin sealant. Gastrointest Endosc. 2013 Aug; 78(2):209-15.
-
Endoscopic banding devices. Gastrointest Endosc. 2008 Aug; 68(2):217-21.
-
Sclerosing agents for use in GI endoscopy. Gastrointest Endosc. 2007 Jul; 66(1):1-6.
-
Combined ligation and sclerotherapy versus ligation alone for secondary prophylaxis of esophageal variceal bleeding: a meta-analysis. Am J Gastroenterol. 2002 Mar; 97(3):623-9.
-
A prospective study of upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Dig Dis Sci. 1995 Dec; 40(12):2516-21.
-
Development of squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus after endoscopic variceal sclerotherapy. Am J Gastroenterol. 1988 May; 83(5):564-8.