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Abstract
Dilated blood vessels in the ESOPHAGUS or GASTRIC FUNDUS that shunt blood from the portal circulation (PORTAL SYSTEM) to the systemic venous circulation. Often they are observed in individuals with portal hypertension (HYPERTENSION, PORTAL).
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- Esophageal Varices
- Esophageal Varix
- Gastric Varices
- Gastric Varix
- Varices, Esophageal
- Varices, Gastric
- Varix, Esophageal
- Varix, Gastric
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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do not specify esophageal or gastric aspect unless particularly discussed; hemorrhaging esophageal or gastric varices: coordinate with HEMORRHAGE, GASTROINTESTINAL
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History Note
85; was ESOPHAGEAL VARICES 1963-84
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Esophageal and Gastric Varices. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004932. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004932
- Esophageal and Gastric Varices. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54911777