title: Liver: Can we identify failure to control acute variceal bleeding?
authors.affiliation: Hepatic Hemodynamic Laboratory, Liver Unit, Hospital Clínic, Institut de IDIBAPS and CIBERehd, Villaroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Virginia
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hernández-Gea
authors.affiliation: Hepatic Hemodynamic Laboratory, Liver Unit, Hospital Clínic, Institut de IDIBAPS and CIBERehd, Villaroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Juan Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: García-Pagan
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000150:complications; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D017211:Treatment Failure