Platelet count and abdominal dynamic CT are useful in predicting and screening for gastroesophageal varices after Fontan surgery.

Yoshiharu IsouraAkira YamamotoYuki ChoEiji EharaAtsushi JogoTsugutoshi SuzukiYuga Amano-TeranishiKiyohide KiokaTakashi HamazakiYosuke MurakamiDaisuke Tokuhara

Published in: PloS one (2021)

GEVs are important complications that should not be ignored in patients who have undergone a Fontan procedure. Platelet counts lower than 119 × 109 /L may help to prompt patient screening by using abdominal dynamic CT to identify GEVs and their draining collateral veins in these patients.

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