Background and Aim: Portal hypertensive gastropathy (PHG) is an important cause of bleeding in patients with cirrhosis associated with portal hypertension. Histologically, the condition is ...

Portal hypertension is a life-threatening complication of cirrhosis and results in the development of esophagogastric varices and/or portal hypertensive gastropathy and subsequent bleeding.

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Symptoms & causes of gastritis & gastropathy. Kayali S, Manfredi M, Gaiani F, et al. Helicobacter pylori, transmission routes and ...

A repeat esophagogastroduodenoscopy (that revealed mild portal gastropathy) and a radioactively labeled red blood cell scan (to identify intraluminal aggregations of labeled blood cells that would ...