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Fatal variceal rupture after sildenafil use: report of a case.

Finley DS, Lugo B, Ridgway J, Teng W, Imagawa DK

Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreas Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine, Orange, California 92868, USA. finds@uci.edu

Sildenafil may increase the risk of variceal bleeding in portal hyptertension by increasing splanchnic blood flow. We report herein the second case of variceal rupture after sildenafil use.

Published 14 February 2005 in Curr Surg, 62(1): 55-6.
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