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: Dias de Castro, Francisca (author)
Other Authors: Boal Carvalho, Pedro (author), Cúrdia Gonçalves, Tiago (author), Magalhães, Joana (author), Moreira, Maria João (author), Marinho, Carla (author), Cotter, José Almeida Berkeley (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2016
Subjects:
Argon Plasma Coagulation
Endoscopy Gastrointestinal
Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia
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Ciências Médicas::Medicina Básica
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/62031
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/62031

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http://hdl.handle.net/1822/62031

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