A 66-year-old Hispanic man was referred to our gastroenterology practice in October 2009 for complaints of nonspecific abdominal pain and dysphagia. Past medical history consisted of only ...

Evidence-based recommendations on radiofrequency ablation for gastric antral vascular ectasia. This involves using radiofrequency (heat) energy to stop the bleeding by destroying the enlarged blood ...

Gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE), or watermelon stomach, causes the stomach lining to bleed. Learn about the symptoms, causes, treatment, and more.

Gastric antral vascular ectasia is a rare cause of upper digestive system bleeding. Around 71% of people with gastric antral vascular ectasia are female, and the average age of people who have it ...

Among the 31 patients, 30 who did not have lesions associated with gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE) were included in the analysis of the change in number and size of angiodysplastic lesions.

Gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE) may occur after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) and cause severe and prolonged gastric bleeding. The underlying pathology of transplant ...

We determined the incidence of severe bleeding from gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE) after myeloablative hematopoietic cell transplant and the outcomes after treatment with endoscopic ...

Although gastric antral vascular ectasia is very distinct from PHG, patients with severe PHG will acquire GAVE-like development in gastric antrum. Also, in case of severe PHG, it causes intense ...

The Staging Transition for Every Patient (STEP) Program begins next week as a collaboration between Children’s of Alabama and UAB. The program will help adolescent patients with chronic and complex ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved updates to the Orbera Intragastric Balloon System (Apollo Endosurgery, Inc.) labeling to improve patient safety.

Authors and Disclosures Author(s) Lan S. Wang, MD. Fellow, Department of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY Disclosure: Lan S. Wang, MD, has disclosed no relevant financial ...