Alcohol-related liver disease phenotype impacts survival after an acute variceal bleeding episode.
Ares VillagrasaVirginia Hernández-GeaRamon BatallerÁlvaro GiráldezBogdan ProcopetLucio AmitranoCàndid VillanuevaDominique ThabutLuis Ibañez-SamaniegoAgustin AlbillosChristophe BureauJonel TrebickaElba LlopWim LalemanJ M PalazonJose CastelloteSusana RodriguesLise L GluudCarlos N FerreiraNuria CañeteManuel RodríguezArnulf FerlitschJose L MundiHenning GronbaekManuel Hernández-GuerraRomano SassatelliAlessandra Dell'EraMarco SenzoloJuan G AbraldesAlexander ZipprichMeritxell CasasHelena MasnouMassimo PrimignaniAleksander KragGilberto Silva-JuniorManuel RomeroMarcel TantauMaria A GuardascioneEdilmar AlvaradoMarika RudlerRafael BañaresJavier MartinezMarie A RobicChristian JansenJose Luis CallejaFrederik NevensJaime BoschMeritxell Ventura-CotsJoan Carles García-PagánJoan Genescànull nullPublished in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2023)
Contrary to expected, AH patients with AVB present no worse one-year survival than other patients with different alcohol-related phenotypes or viral cirrhosis. Abstinence influences long-term survival and could explain these counterintuitive results.