Aim: To investigate if esophageal varices can be evaluated using external contrast-enhanced ultrasonography with Levovist and coded harmonic angio (CHA). Methods: Subjects were six healthy adult ...

Background and Aims: Recent progress in the treatment of variceal bleeding might have reduced the impact of variceal bleeding on survival in patients with esophageal varices. We conducted a ...

Bleeding esophageal varices, portal hypertension. Section on surgical treatment in collaboration with Louis M. Rousselot. With a foreword by Allen O. Whipple.

An esophageal stricture is a gradual narrowing of the esophagus, which can lead to swallowing difficulties. Healthcare providers diagnose it in about 10 percent of people with gastroesophageal reflux ...

The exact cause of esophageal cancer is unknown, but genetics appears to play a role. Several risk factors for the disease have also been identified. These vary depending on the type of cancer, with ...

Esophageal cancer is one of the most deadly cancers — so why doesn’t the healthcare industry have better tools to prevent the disease? Lucid Diagnostics is on a mission to solve that problem.

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It may be appropriate to restrict EVL to carvedilol non-responders or to patients who have contraindications to carvedilol. Furthermore, EVL requires frequent follow-up endoscopies because recurrence ...

(AP) — U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly, a Democrat representing Virginia’s most populous county in Congress, said Thursday that he is battling esophageal cancer. The announcement comes after Connolly, 74, ...