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AASLD Practice Guidance on risk stratification and management of portal hypertension and varices in cirrhosis.
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The question is obsolete, actually, as the preferred beta-blocker for variceal prophylaxis is now carvedilol per AASLD guidelines as of 2024. Carvedilol is preferred given more optimal lowering of portal pressure as well as data supporting reduced risk of decompensation. Carvedilol is not titrated t...
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In the exact wording of this question, the scenario that is being presented is that the patient has had a variceal hemorrhage (VH) recently and urgent banding has already been performed to stop the VH (so that the concern would be of the TEE probe knocking off a band that is actively treating an eso...