AGA has released a new Clinical Practice Update providing a review of clinically available, as well as emerging and experimental, endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)–guided interventions.
Currently, the most widely utilized EUS-guided vascular interventions include gastric variceal therapy and portosystemic pressure gradient (PPG) measurements. Emerging interventions include treatment of ectopic and rectal varices, splenic artery embolization, therapy of arterial bleeding including pseudoaneurysms, and portal venous sampling. Additional experimental EUS-guided vascular interventions include portosystemic shunt creation.
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Quick watch: Author Dr. Koushik Das shares key takeaways from this clinical practice update:
Read the complete AGA Clinical Practice Update on Interventional EUS for Vascular Investigation and Therapy: Commentary published in the July 2023 issue of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology and authored by Drs. Marvin Ryou, John M. DeWitt, Koushik K. Das and Vanessa M. Shami.
