Preventing Rebleeding in 2010

Inserm U773, Centre de Recherche Biomédicale Bichat-Beaujon CRB3, Université Denis Diderot Paris 7, and Department of Hepatology, Hôopital Beaujon, Clichy, France

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Norman Grace MD, FACP, FACG,

Norman Grace MD, FACP, FACG

Professor Lecturer Director

Tufts University School of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

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Gin-Ho Lo MD,

Gin-Ho Lo MD

Professor Director

I-Shou University, Medical Education, Digestive Centre, E-DA Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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Frederik Nevens MD,

Frederik Nevens MD

Department of Liver and Pancreatic Disease, UZ Gasthuisberg KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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Tilman Sauerbruch MD,

Tilman Sauerbruch MD

Professor Chairman

Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Germany

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Peter Hayes MD, PhD,

Peter Hayes MD, PhD

Professor

University of Edinburgh, UK

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Candid Villanueva MD,

Candid Villanueva MD

Gastrointestinal Bleeding Unit, Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

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Didier Lebrec MD,

Didier Lebrec MD

Inserm U773, Centre de Recherche Biomédicale Bichat-Beaujon CRB3, Université Denis Diderot Paris 7, and Department of Hepatology, Hôopital Beaujon, Clichy, France

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Book Editor(s):Roberto de Franchis MD, AGAF,

Roberto de Franchis MD, AGAF

Professor of Gastroenterology Head

Department of Medical Sciences, University of Milan, and Gastroenterology 3 Unit, IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Mangiagalli and Regina Elena Foundation, Milan, Italy

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First published: 17 November 2010

https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444393989.ch11

Citations: 1

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

Beta-blockers alone or combined with other drugs
Endoscopic therapy: endoscopic variceal ligation or combined with other endoscopic procedures
Drugs alone or with endoscopic variceal ligation?
Endoscopic variceal ligation alone or with drugs?
Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt versus endoscopic treatment
Rescue therapy: always TIPS? Treatment of poor candidates for TIPS
Secondary prophylaxis of variceal bleeding:
Role of surgery
The role of HVPG monitoring in secondary prophylaxis
References
Time to start secondary prophylaxis

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