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Carvedilol for preventing recurrent variceal bleeding: Waiting for convincing evidence

โœ Scribed by Bosch, Jaime; Groszmann, Roberto J.; Iwakiri, Yasuko; Taddei, Tamar H.

Book ID
120217205
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2013
Tongue
English
Weight
322 KB
Volume
57
Category
Article
ISSN
0270-9139

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Current therapy for preventing the first variceal bleed includes beta-blocker and variceal band ligation (VBL). VBL has lower bleeding rates, with no differences in survival, whereas beta-blocker therapy can be limited by side effects. Carvedilol, a non-cardioselective vasodilating beta-blocker, is