Management of bleeding gastric varices (GV) presents a unique challenge for patients with
portal hypertension. Despite over thirty years of diagnostic and treatment advances …

Abstract Cyanoacrylate (CYA), coil embolization, and/or combination thereof are available
EUS-guided therapies for the treatment of gastric varices (GV). The primary aim of this study …

This Practice Guidance from the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease
(AASLD) intends to coalesce best practice recommendations for the identification of portal …

These updated guidelines on the management of variceal haemorrhage have been
commissioned by the Clinical Services and Standards Committee (CSSC) of the British …

Background Therapy of gastric varices (GV) is still challenging. Cyanoacrylate (CYA)
injection is the recommended treatment for bleeding GV, but has a known adverse event …

Gastric varices (GV) occur in 20% of patients with portal hypertension either in isolation or in
combination with esophageal varices (EV). There is no consensus for optimum treatment of …

BACKGROUND: There have been numerous reports of glue embolization after endoscopic
cyanoacrylate (CYA) glue treatment of gastric fundal varices (GFV), with some cases fatal …

Background Gastric variceal bleeding carries significant mortality in the setting of portal
hypertension. Among the endoscopic treatment options, endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) …

The management of portal hypertension should be based on an updated knowledge of its
natural history. Portal hypertension is an almost unavoidable complication of cirrhosis, and it …

The continued need to develop less invasive alternatives to surgical and radiologic
interventions has driven the development of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided …