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Article: Beta blockers not effective in preventing gastroesophageal complications from cirrhosis.
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- December 13, 2005
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M2 PRESSWIRE-13 December 2005-YALE UNIVERSITY: Beta blockers not effective in preventing gastroesophageal complications from cirrhosis(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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New Haven, Conn. - Beta blockers are not effective in preventing development of varices--veins in the esophagus that can rupture and bleed--as a consequence of cirrhosis, according to a recent study by Yale School of Medicine researchers in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Cirrhosis of the liver is the seventh leading cause of death in persons between the ages of 25-65. One of the main consequences of cirrhosis is the development and rupture of varices, which ...