Carvedilol vs. esophageal variceal band ligation in the primary prophylaxis of variceal hemorrhage: A multicentre randomized controlled trial

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 757-764

  Shah, Hasnain Ali ^a   Azam, Zahid ^b   Rauf, Javeria ^a   Abid, Shahab ^a   Hamid, Saeed ^a   Jafri, Wasim ^a   Khalid, Abdullah ^b   Ismail, Faisal Wasim ^a   Parkash, Om ^a   Subhan, Amna ^a   Munir, Syed Mohammad ^c  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^c JINNAH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Carvedilol; Cirrhosis; Endoscopic variceal ligation; Portal hypertension; Primary prophylaxis; Randomized controlled trial; Variceal hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

CARVEDILOL; CARVIDA; FUROSEMIDE; OMEPRAZOLE; PARACETAMOL; SPIRONOLACTONE; SUCRALFATE; TERLIPRESSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARBAZOLE DERIVATIVE; PROPANOLAMINE DERIVATIVE;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CHILD PUGH SCORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC VARICEAL BAND LIGATION; ESOPHAGUS ULCER; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; PAKISTAN; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; LIGATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; CARBAZOLES; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIGATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPANOLAMINES;

EID: 84896400818     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2013.11.019     Document Type: Article

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