PMID: 9179735Apr 1, 1997Paper

Endoscopic injection sclerotherapy with 1.5% Sotradecol for bleeding cardiac varices

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
K W ChiuJ J Chen

Abstract

The authors retrospectively studied the efficacy of endoscopic injection sclerotherapy (EIS) with 1.5% Sotradecol (STD) in patients with bleeding cardiac varices (CV). Case histories of 27 patients with large, isolated, bleeding CVs were reviewed. Case records of another 27 patients with isolated esophageal varices (EV), matched for age, sex, and year EIS was performed, were selected from a computer data bank as controls. Using a small volume (2-4 ml) of injection per vessel, the rate of immediate control of bleeding was 66.7% (18 of 27) in the CV group and 70.4% (19 of 27) in the EV group. The early rebleeding rate was higher for patients in the EV group (48.1%, 13 of 27) than for those in the CV group (18.5%, 5 of 27) (p = 0.0209). On the other hand, it was more difficult to control the rebleeding from CV (p = 0.00494). In terms of mortality, there was no statistically significant difference between the CV and EV groups (33.3 versus 29.6%) within 1 week after EIS, but the 1-month post-EIS mortality rate was significantly higher (p = 0.0278) in the CV group (18 of 27, 66.7%) than in the EV group (10 of 27, 37.0%). Among those in the CV group who died of late complications within 1 month after EIS, three died of recurrent hemor...Continue Reading

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