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Abstract
The latest ‘Controversies in…’ series for the Frontline Gastroenterology Twitter debates addressed the challenges of managing patients with portal hypertension, facilitated by Hepatologist and Liver Transplant physician Dr David Patch from the Royal Free London. Key topics discussed include basic principles of managing a patient with variceal bleeding, techniques for treating oesophageal and ectopic varices, pitfalls of vasoactive therapy, indications for transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt, and a brief discussion of portal vein thrombosis. This article aims to summarise key areas of discussion from the event.
- portal hypertension
- oesophageal varices
- gastrointestinal bleeding
- venous thrombosis
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Twitter @jamesbmaurice
Contributors WC, JM and DP wrote the manuscript and approved the final version.
Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
Competing interests None declared.
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