Comparison of argon plasma coagulation in management of upper gastrointestinal angiodysplasia and gastric antral vascular ectasia hemorrhage

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Chiu, Yi Chun ^a   Lu, Lung Sheng ^a   Wu, Keng Liang ^a   Tam, William ^b   Hu, Ming Luen ^a   Tai, Wei Chen ^a   Chiu, King Wah ^a   Chuah, Seng Kee ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Angiodysplasia; Endoscopic argon plasma coagulation; Gastric antral vascular ectasia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANGIODYSPLASIA; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; RENDU OSLER WEBER DISEASE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; STOMACH ANTRUM VASCULAR ECTASIA; STOMACH ANTRUM VASCULAR ECTASIA HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL ANGIODYSPLASIA; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIODYSPLASIA; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRIC ANTRAL VASCULAR ECTASIA; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTASIS, ENDOSCOPIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

EID: 84861945576     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-12-67     Document Type: Article

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