Randomized controlled trial of carvedilol versus variceal band ligation for the prevention of the first variceal bleed # † - Concepedia

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Randomized controlled trial of carvedilol versus variceal band ligation for the prevention of the first variceal bleed # †

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2009

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Dhiraj Tripathi, James Ferguson, Narendra Kochar, Joanna Leithead, George Therapondos, Norma C. McAvoy, Adrian J. Stanley, Ewan Forrest, W.S. Hislop, Peter R. Mills,

Abstract

Carvedilol is effective in preventing the first variceal bleed. Carvedilol is an option for primary prophylaxis in patients with high-risk esophageal varices.

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