Esophageal and Gastric Varices
Recent clinical, regulatory, research and industry developments relating to this disease.
Baveno VII - Renewing consensus in portal hypertension.
What's happening now
An analyst briefing on current research, clinical, regulatory and industry activity surrounding this disease.
Research activity
Key research shaping understanding of this disease, combining the latest publications with the most influential evidence.
Major themes3
- Elasticity Imaging Techniques1
- Esophageal and Gastric Varices1
- Hypertension, Portal1
Leading journals1
- Journal of hepatology1
Leading researchers5
- Bosch J1
- de Franchis R1
- Garcia-Tsao G1
- Reiberger T1
- Ripoll C1
Affiliations (unnormalised)5
- Bern University Hospital1
- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences1
- Medical University of Vienna1
- Universitätsklinikum Jena1
- Yale University1
Associated genes
Genes associated with this disease in the canonical knowledge graph (Open Targets evidence). Number shows the association score.
Reference
Authoritative identity, definition & identifiers.
Dilated blood vessels in the ESOPHAGUS or GASTRIC FUNDUS that shunt blood from the portal circulation (PORTAL SYSTEM) to the systemic venous circulation. Often they are observed in individuals with portal hypertension (HYPERTENSION, PORTAL).
- Disease identity & definition — NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), public domain
- Research activity — Europe PMC (EMBL-EBI) + OpenAlex-derived paper links
- Related entities are derived from literature co-mention (studied together) — associative, not causal.