 Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia
"Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A distinct vascular lesion in the PYLORIC ANTRUM that is characterized by tortuous dilated blood vessels (ectasia) radiating outward from the PYLORUS. The vessel pattern resembles the stripes on the surface of a watermelon. This lesion causes both acute and chronic GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE.
| Descriptor ID |
D020252
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C06.405.748.280 C14.907.075.280
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| Concept/Terms |
Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia- Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia
- Antral Vascular Ectasia
- Antral Vascular Ectasias
- Ectasia, Antral Vascular
- Ectasias, Antral Vascular
- Vascular Ectasia, Antral
- Vascular Ectasias, Antral
- Watermelon Stomach
- Stomach, Watermelon
- Stomachs, Watermelon
- Watermelon Stomachs
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Gangwani MK, Haghbin H, Hasan F, Dillard J, Jaber F, Dahiya DS, Ali H, Kamal F, Hayat U, Lee-Smith W, Sohail A, Inamdar S, Aziz M, Adler DG. Comparing Endoscopic Treatment Modalities for Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia: Efficacy, Safety, and Outcomes in a Network Meta-analysis. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2025 Jul 01; 59(6):555-561.
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McCarty TR, Rustagi T. Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Radiofrequency Ablation Versus Argon Plasma Coagulation for Treatment of Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2019 09; 53(8):599-606.
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