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Prevention of Recurrent Esophageal Variceal Hemorrhage: Review and Current Recommendations by Kravetz, David

“…Variceal rebleeding is a very frequent and severe complication in cirrhotic patients; therefore, its prevention should be mandatory. Lately several studies…”
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Effects of long-term propranolol and octreotide on postprandial hemodynamics in cirrhosis: A randomized, controlled trial by Vorobioff, Julio D., Gamen, Marcelo, Kravetz, David, Picabea, Eduardo, Villavicencio, Roberto, Bordato, Juan, Ruf, Andrés, Bessone, Fernando, Romero, Gustavo, Palazzi, Jorge, Nicora, Alicia, Passamonti, María, Tanno, Hugo

“…Postprandial increases in portal pressure may influence esophageal variceal rupture. The effects of chronic propranolol and octreotide (100 and 200 μg…”
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Variceal band ligation and variceal band ligation plus sclerotherapy in the prevention of recurrent variceal bleeding in cirrhotic patients: a randomized, prospective and controlled trial by Argonz, Julio, Kravetz, David, Suarez, Alejandro, Romero, Gustavo, Bildozola, Marcelo, Passamonti, Monica, Valero, Jorge, Terg, Ruben

“…Background: The combination treatment of band ligation plus sclerotherapy has been proposed to hasten variceal eradication. The aim of this study was to assess…”
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Terlipressin Plus Albumin Is More Effective Than Albumin Alone in Improving Renal Function in Patients With Cirrhosis and Hepatorenal Syndrome Type 1 by Boyer, Thomas D, Sanyal, Arun J, Wong, Florence, Frederick, R. Todd, Lake, John R, O’Leary, Jacqueline G, Ganger, Daniel, Jamil, Khurram, Pappas, Stephen Chris

“…Background & Aims Hepatorenal syndrome type 1 (HRS-1) in patients with cirrhosis and ascites is a functional, potentially reversible, form of acute kidney…”
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Gastrointestinal bleeding Secondary prophylaxis for variceal bleeding by Kravetz, David

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Secondary prophylaxis for variceal bleeding by Kravetz, David

“…Variceal rebleeding frequently develops in patients with cirrhosis after an initial episode of acute variceal hemorrhage. The best prophylactic treatment for…”
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Effects of propranolol on azygos venous blood flow and hepatic and systemic hemodynamics in cirrhosis by Bosch, J, Masti, R, Kravetz, D, Bruix, J, Gaya, J, Rigau, J, Rodes, J

“…The effects of propranolol on blood flow through gastroesophageal collaterals and on systemic and hepatic hemodynamics were investigated in 23 cirrhotic…”
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Management of Chronic Hepatitis C in Veterans: The Potential of Integrated Care Models by HO, Samuel B, GROESSL, Erik, DOLLARHIDE, Adrian, ROBINSON, Shannon, KRAVETZ, David, DIEPERINK, Eric

“…The prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is higher among veterans than nonveterans, but only about 14% of all identified infected veterans have ever…”
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Severe Hepatocellular Injury With Apoptosis Induced by a Hepatitis C Polymerase Inhibitor by Feldstein, Ariel, Kleiner, David, Kravetz, David, Buck, Martina

“…GOALSTo describe the mechanisms of severe hepatocellular injury with apoptosis in 2 patients receiving hepatitis C virus (HCV)-796. BACKGROUNDHCV-796 is a…”
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Ultrasonographic diagnosis of acute alcoholic hepatitis 'pseudoparallel channel sign' of intrahepatic artery dilatation by Sumino, Y, Kravetz, D, Kanel, G C, McHutchison, J G, Reynolds, T B

“…In an ultrasound pilot study of acute alcoholic hepatitis (AAH), parallel tubular structures within the liver subsegments were observed. Pulse-Doppler…”
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S1834 Esophageal Variceal Band Ligation (EVL) Plus Beta-Blocker (BB) Treatment in the Primary Prophylaxis of Esophageal Variceal Bleeding by Stein, Lance L, Mazhar, Sameer M, Gabbert, Charles, Hassanein, Tarek, Kravetz, David

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Nadolol plus spironolactone in the prophylaxis of first variceal bleed in nonascitic cirrhotic patients: A preliminary study by Abecasis, Raquel, Kravetz, David, Fassio, Eduardo, Ameigeiras, Beatriz, Garcia, Daniel, Isla, Rogelio, Landeira, Graciela, Dominguez, Nora, Romero, Gustavo, Argonz, Julio, Terg, Ruben

“…Treatment with β-blockers fails to decrease portal pressure in nearly 40% of cirrhotic patients. Recent studies have suggested that treatment with…”
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Patients with ascites have higher variceal pressure and wall tension than patients without ascites by Kravetz, David, Bildozola, Marcelo, Argonz, Julio, Romero, Gustavo, Korula, Jacob, Muñoz, Alberto, Suarez, Alejandro, Terg, Ruben

“…OBJECTIVE: It has been suggested that ascites is a risk factor for variceal bleeding. Recently, it has been demonstrated that total paracentesis decreases…”
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Acute variceal bleeding by Kravetz, David

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Ultrasound system to measure esophageal varix pressure: an in vitro validation study by Puckett, James L, Liu, Jianmin, Bhalla, Vikas, Kravetz, David, Krinsky, Mary Lee, Hassanein, Tarek, Mittal, Ravinder K

“…We report our experience with an ultrasound system to measure esophageal varix pressure in an in vitro model. The ultrasound system consists of a 12.5 MHz…”
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Terlipressin is more effective in decreasing variceal pressure than portal pressure in cirrhotic patients by ROMERO, G, KRAVETZ, D, ARGONZ, J, BILDOZOLA, M, SUAREZ, A, TERG, R

“…Terlipressin decreases portal pressure. However, its effects on variceal pressure have been poorly investigated. This study investigated the variceal,…”
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Patients with ascites have higher variceal pressure and wall tension than patients without ascites by Kravetz, David, Bildozola, Marcelo, Argonz, Julio, Romero, Gustavo, Korula, Jacob, Muñoz, Alberto, Suarez, Alejandro, Terg, Ruben

“…It has been suggested that ascites is a risk factor for variceal bleeding. Recently, it has been demonstrated that total paracentesis decreases variceal…”
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Total volume paracentesis decreases variceal pressure, size, and variceal wall tension in cirrhotic patients by Kravetz, D., Romero, G., Argonz, J., Guevara, M., Suarez, A., Abecasis, R., Bildozola, M., Valero, J., Terg, R.

“…It has been suggested that ascites is a risk factor for variceal bleeding in cirrhotic patients. However, no data of total volume paracentesis (TVP) effects on…”
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Efficacy of Octreotide and Sclerotherapy in the Treatment of Acute Variceal Bleeding in Cirrhotic Patients: A Prospective, Multicentric, and Randomized Clinical Trial by Bildozola, M.

“…Background: Sclerotherapy is the most widely used method for treatment of acute variceal bleeding. Previous reports have suggested that octreotide infusion is…”
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Nadelel plus spironolactone vs nadolol alone in the prophylaxis of the first variceal bleeding in non-ascitic cirrhotic patients. A prospective, multicenter, double blind and randomized trial by Abecasis, Raquel G., Kravetz, David, Fassio, Eduardo, Ameigeiras, Beatriz, Garcia, Daniel, Isla, Rogelio, Landeira, Graciela, Romero, Gustavo A., Terg, Ruben A.

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