Portal hypertension and gastrointestinal bleeding: Diagnosis, prevention and management

Figure 1 Esophageal varices grade II in a patient with liver cirrhosis.

Figure 2 Variceal band ligation of esophageal varices.

Figure 3 Isolated gastric varices type I and portal hypertensive gastropathy in a patient with liver cirrhosis.

Figure 4 Acute diffuse bleeding from portal hypertensive gastropathy in a patient with decompensated liver cirrhosis.

Figure 5 Typical appearance of a watermelon stomach in a patient with gastric antral vascular ectasia-syndrome and compensated liver cirrhosis.

Figure 6 Endoscopic treatment of gastric antral vascular ectasia with argon plasma coagulation therapy.