Portal hypertensive gastropathy (PHG) is the condition in which the mucosa in the stomach undergoes some changes; the change denotes the existence of ectasia at the surface of mucosa, and widening of ...

Background and Aim: Portal hypertensive gastropathy (PHG) is an important cause of bleeding in patients with cirrhosis associated with portal hypertension. Histologically, the condition is ...

The correlation between portal hypertensive gastropathy and portal hypertension was strong enough to suggest which patients with these conditions could develop cirrhosis, but not hepatocellular ...

Background. A 49-year-old woman with hepatitis C and peptic ulcer disease presented to the emergency department after an onset of sudden massive hematemesis. She had a history of alcohol abuse, but ...

Endoscopic band ligation (EBL) and nonselective β-blockade are two effective strategies in the primary prevention of variceal bleeding. Meta-analyses have shown an advantage of EBL over propranolol ...

Calculus Bovis compound preparation can effectively prevent pulmonary complications of portal hypertensive rabbits with schistosomiasis. The successful development of Calculus Bovis and the ...

A research group in China has found that the prevalence of H pylori infection and peptic ulcer in HIV-positive patients was lower than that of the general population. Helicobacter pylori has been ...

The mechanism by which patients with portal hypertension develop portal hypertensive gastropathy has yet to be fully clarified. Its pathogenesis is known to be multifactorial, involving elevations in ...