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Background and Aims Endoscopy is necessary for assessment of esophageal varices (EVs) in cirrhotic patients, but its use is limited because of the poor compliance of patients and shortage of public health resources at primary hospitals or rural areas, especially in less well developed countries. A multicenter cross-sectional study aimed to establish a novel non-invasive score for prediction of EVs...
Background and aim
Esophageal variceal bleeding is a life‐threatening complication of liver cirrhosis. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy was the gold standard for the diagnosis of esophageal varices (EVs). The study aimed to evaluate the accuracy of contrast‐enhanced computed tomography (CT) in the diagnosis of EVs and moderate–severe EVs in patients with liver cirrhosis.
Methods
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