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Endoscopy 2006; 38(4): 438
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-925163
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Endoscopic Band Ligation of Active Cardiac Variceal Bleeding

M. K. Jang1 , J. H. Lee1 , J. Y. Lee1 , K. H. Kim1 , J. Y. Park1 , J. H. Lee1 , H. Y. Kim1 , J. Y. Yoo1
  • 1Division of Gastroenterology, Dept. of Internal Medicine, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea
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05 May 2006 (online)

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Figure 1 A 60-year-old man presented at the emergency department due to massive hematemesis. He had been diagnosed with alcoholic liver cirrhosis 5 years previously, but had since been lost to follow-up. Emergency endoscopy revealed active bleeding from a cardiac varix.

Figure 2 a, b The cardiac variceal bleeding was successfully controlled by endoscopic band ligation.

M. K. Jang, M. D.

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