Treating Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia: When Argon Therapy Is Not Enough

Gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE) is a capillary-type vascular malformation of the gastric antrum and an infrequent cause of chronic gastrointestinal blood loss and iron deficiency anemia. The authors describe a case report of GAVE in a female cirrhotic patient presenting with severe symptomati...

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Main Author: Castro,Francisca Dias de (author)
Other Authors: Carvalho,Pedro Boal (author), Gonçalves,Tiago Cúrdia (author), Magalhães,Joana (author), Moreira,Maria João (author), Marinho,Carla (author), Cotter,José (author)
Format: report
Language:eng
Published: 2016
Subjects:
Endoscopy Gastrointestinal
Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia
Argon Plasma Coagulation
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Online Access:http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2341-45452016000500004
Country:Portugal
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