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In a patient with alcohol associated decompensated cirrhosis characterized by variceal hemorrhage that has now “re-compensated” in the setting of alcohol abstinence and is currently on carvedilol, at what surveillance intervals do you perform EGD?

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Hepatology · Northwestern
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Can apply the latest Baveno VIII consensus to this patient and utilize FibroScan to see if resolution of CSPH to guide whether repeat EGD +/- carvedilol is still indicated.

7.19. In patients with recompensated cirrhosis, CSPH resolution/persistence may be non-invasively assessed via liver (LSM) and s...

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