Randomized controlled trial of carvedilo
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Dhiraj Tripathi; James W. Ferguson; Narendra Kochar; Joanna A. Leithead; George
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Article
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2009
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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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