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Color Doppler endoscopic ultrasonography in identifying groups at a high-risk of recurrence of esophageal varices after endoscopic treatment

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Background

Our preliminary study indicated that either a high hepatofugal flow velocity in the left gastric vein (LGV) or an anterior branch dominant pattern seen under color Doppler EUS (CD-EUS) were possible contributing risk factors for variceal recurrence after endoscopic treatment. However, the sample size was too small, and in this study we aimed to validate the results of the preliminary study.

Methods

Sixty-eight patients treated for moderate or large esophageal varices between 2001 and 2004 at a single university hospital were enrolled in this study. CD-EUS was followed by endoscopic variceal ligation and sclerotherapy.

Results

Patients were classified into either a high-risk group, which exhibited anterior branch dominance and flow velocity of 12 cm/s or more, or a low-risk group, which included all other patients. Half of the patients in the high-risk group exhibited a recurrence within half a year, whereas it took almost 2 years for half of the patients in the other group to exhibit a recurrence (P = 0.0044). Using the Cox proportional hazard model with multivariate analysis, only the features of the high-risk group were significant in triggering recurrence of varices (hazard ratio [HR], 3.00; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.35–6.65; P < 0.001).

Conclusions

These results suggest that patients showing anterior branch dominance and rapid hepatofugal flow velocity in the LGV on CD-EUS examination may have a high risk of an early recurrence of esophageal varices.

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  1. Department of Endoscopy, The Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8 Nishishinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-8461, Japan

    Akira Kuramochi, Hiroo Imazu, Hiroshi Kakutani, Yujiro Uchiyama & Shoryoku Hino

  2. Division of Clinical Research and Development, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

    Mitsuyoshi Urashima

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Kuramochi, A., Imazu, H., Kakutani, H. et al. Color Doppler endoscopic ultrasonography in identifying groups at a high-risk of recurrence of esophageal varices after endoscopic treatment. J Gastroenterol 42, 219–224 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00535-006-1992-x

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