Primary prevention of variceal bleeding. What's new?
β Scribed by Didier Lebrec
- Book ID
- 111721456
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 67 KB
- Volume
- 33
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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π SIMILAR VOLUMES
Although both β€-blockade (BB) and endoscopic variceal ligation (EVL) are used for primary prevention of variceal bleeding (VB) in patients with cirrhosis with moderate to large esophageal varices (EVs), the more cost-effective option is uncertain. We created a Markov decision model to compare BB and
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