Research Article

Changes in Cardiac Varices and Their Clinical Significance after Eradication of Esophageal Varices by Band Ligation

Table 2

Baseline characteristics of patients with GOV1s—arranged according to the changes in cardiac varices after eradication of esophageal varices by endoscopic band ligation.

Patients with disappearance of cardiac varices ()Patients with persistent cardiac varices ()

Age0.295
Male, (%)44 (80.0)25 (83.3)0.707
Etiology, (%)0.711
 Hepatitis B virus23 (41.8)9 (30.9)
 Hepatitis C virus4 (7.3)2 (6.7)
 Alcohol21 (38.2)15 (50.0)
 Others7 (12.7)4 (13.3)
Purpose of EBL, (%)0.643
 Primary prophylaxis34 (61.8)17 (56.7)
 Secondary prophylaxis21 (38.2)13 (43.3)
Size of EVs0.235
 F244 (80.0)27 (90.0)
 F311 (20.0)3 (10.0)
Red color sign on EVs, (%)54 (98.2)28 (93.3)0.247
Size of cardiac varices, cm0.046
Number of EBL sessions0.226
Number of used rubber bands0.342
Duration until EVs eradiation, months0.105
Red color sign on cardiac varices, (%)1 (1.8)1 (3.3)0.660
Platelet count, ×109/L0.716
INR0.265
AST, IU/L0.255
ALT, IU/L0.157
Bilirubin, mg/dL0.075
Albumin, g/dL0.557
Creatinine, mg/dL0.428
Sodium, mEq/L0.971
Ascites, (%)29 (52.7)20 (66.7)0.214
HE, (%)5 (9.1)4 (13.3)0.544
Child-Pugh score0.242
Child-Pugh classification, (%)0.647
 Grade A24 (43.6)10 (33.3)
 Grade B26 (47.3)17 (56.7)
 Grade C5 (9.1)3 (10.0)

AST: aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; EBL: endoscopic band ligation; EVs: esophageal varices; GOVs: gastroesophageal varices; INR: international normalized ratio.