PORTAL HYPERTENSION INDEX AND LIVER VASCULAR INDEX IN PREDICTION OF ESOPHAGOGASTRIC VARICES IN EGYPTIAN BUDD CHIARI SYNDROME PATIENTS | ||||
Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology | ||||
Volume 52, Issue 3, December 2022, Page 371-380 PDF (761.04 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/jesp.2022.278052 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
ZAKARIA IBRAHIM KASSAB1; ALI ZAKI HELMI1; SARA MAHMOUD ABDELHAKAM1; MOHAMED AMIN SAKR1; MOHAMED GAMAL EL-DIN ABDELMUTALEB2; AZZA MOHAMED HASSAN3; SAFAA RAGAB ASKAR1 | ||||
1Department of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt | ||||
2Department of Radiodiagnosis, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt | ||||
3Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt | ||||
Abstract | ||||
BCS is a clinical condition caused by hepatic venous outflow obstruction mainly due to an underlying thrombotic disorder. BCS patients are found to have portal hypertensive gastropathy (PHG) together with esophageal varices (OV) with or without gastric varices. Esophageal varices represented the main source as well as the main independent predictor for bleeding unrelated to invasive therapy for BCS. So, the intensification of prophylaxis for the first or recurrent bleeding might decrease bleeding on anticoagulation therapy. This study evaluated portal hypertension index and liver vascular index in the prediction of esophagogastric varices in Egyptian patients with Budd Chiari syndrome. A total of 50 patients with BCS were subjected to upper GI endoscopy for the presence and grading of oesophageal varices and accordingly were divided into GI: variceal group and GII non-variceal group. More subgrouping of the GI was according to the varices size into SGIa (small varices) and SGIb (large varices). Ultrasound with Doppler evaluated the sonographic parameters and indices of portal hypertension. The results showed that PHTN index was higher in OV patients than in those without (P: <0.001), with a highly significant difference between groups (P=0.000). LVI was lower in OV patients than in those without (P: <0.001), with a highly significant difference between groups (P=0.000). | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Budd-Chiari syndrome; Portal hypertension Index; Liver vascular Index, Esophago- gastric varices | ||||
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