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We are pleased to announce our new partnership with Gastro Health, a leading national medical group specializing in digestive health. In 2021, we will begin operating under the Gastro Health name.
We consider the digestive system to be the soul of the body. The digestive system nourishes the entire body. Without proper nourishment and metabolism, we don’t have health, healing or energy.
Dr. Bruce Hennessy joined Ohio Gastroenterology Group in 2008. He has been a practicing gastroenterologist in the Columbus area since 2005. He completed his medical school, residency and fellowship training at Ohio State. He is the Section Chair of Gastroenterology and Director of Endoscopy at Riverside Methodist Hospital. On a national level, he is on the Board of Directors for the Digestive Health Network and on the ASGE Health and Public Policy Committee. Dr. Hennessy has a special interest in double balloon enteroscopy procedures.
Dr. Scott Arlin joined Ohio Gastroenterology Group in 2008. He has been a practicing gastroenterologist in the Columbus area since 2005. He completed his medical school, residency and fellowshio training at Ohio State. Dr. Arlin has a special interest in double balloon enteroscopy and ERCP procedures.
He earned his medical degree from Ohio State in 2009. He subsequently completed his residency and fellowship at Northwestern University in Chicago. He is an Adjunct Assistant Professor for the Ohio State University College of Medicine. Dr. Bidari has a special interest in complex endoscopy procedures and the management of pancreas and biliary tract disorders.
Dr. Gregory Meis joined Ohio Gastroenterology Group in August 2020. He has been a practicing gastroenterologist since 2010 at Wright Patterson Air Force Base Medical Center. Dr. Meis completed 15 years of active duty service as an Air Force physician and now continues to serve in the Air Force Reserve.
Dr. Sean McCarthy graduated from OSU in 2008. He went on to complete his residency at McGaw Medical Center in 2011 followed by a GI Fellowship & Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship at the University of Michigan from 2011-2015. He served as a Clinical Medicine Assistant Professor at OSU for 4 years. He has a special interest in complex endoscopic procedures and the management of pancreatic and biliary tract disorders.
Portal hypertenisive gastropathy (PHG) and GAVE syndrome are recently discovered entities who can be associated with bloodloss from gastrointestinal tract at patients with or without liver cirrhosis. PHG will be developed at 65% of patients with portal hypertension caused by liver cirrhosis but it could be developed at portal hypertension which is not caused by the liver cirrhosis. PHG is often assosiated with portal hypertension patients and presence of esofageal and /or gastric varices. Mechanism of pathogenesis PHG is still not completely cleared up, but regulation of gastric nitric oxide level, postaglandins, tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and epidermal growth factor production could be important factors in development of portal hypertensive gastropathy. Mechanisms who participate in originating of Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia (GAVE) are also not completly clear. Classic characteristics of this syndrome are red, often haemorrhagic lesions most often located in stomach antrum, and who could result in blood loss. More than 70% of patients with GAVE syndrome have no cirrhosis or portal hypertension. But when liver cirrhosis is present, it is very difficult to make difference between GAVE and PHG. This review will be focused on incidence, clinical importance, etiology, pathofisiology and treatment of PHG, and how to differentiate between GAVE syndrom and PHG in a case that there exists.
Its typical location is in the gastric fundus and upper body of the stomach although it can affect the whole stomach and even other areas of the gastrointestinal tract, such as the small bowel or the colon 1-8.
The pathophysiology of GAVE is not fully understood. In patients with cirrhosis, portal hypertension appears not to be essential in its development as patients do not respond to portal pressure-reducing therapies, such as TIPS or surgical shunt 40, 62. Liver insufficiency seems to play a significant role in the development of GAVE because it develops in patients with more severe liver dysfunction 59and it has been shown to resolve after liver transplantation 61, 63. Speculation regarding an accumulation of substances not metabolized by the liver which may induce vasodilatation and/or angiogenesis has been suggested as a posible mechanism 62. The association between GAVE and hormones with vasodilating properties such as gastrin 18, 54, 59and prostaglandin E264has also been suggested. Finally abnormal antral motility 65and mechanical stress 18have also been associated to the pathogenesis of GAVE which is further supported by the antral distribution of the lesions.
Use of other pharmacologic agents in PHG such as losartan 37 , thalidomide 38 and corticosteroids39has been described. However the evidence supporting the use of these agents is weak with small open-label studies and case reports.
Some studies have evaluated alternative non-endoscopic methods for the diagnosis of PHG 31, 32such as MRI or CT although until further evaluation in larger populations is available, endoscopy still remains the chief diagnostic method. In a study evaluating the efficacy of capsule endoscopy in the evaluation of the presence and size of varices, capsule endoscopy was shown to have only moderate sensitivity and specificity for the detection of PHG 33. Future studies should specifically evaluate its efficacy in evaluating not only the presence but also the severity of PHG as capsule endoscopy will be particularly important in the evaluation of lesions in the small bowel.
The most effective specific treatments in patients with PHG are those aimed at reducing portal pressure. The main pharmacological agent that has been investigated in this setting is the nonselective beta-blocker propranolol.
Classic characteristics of this syndrome are red, often haemorrhagic lesions most often located in stomach antrum, and who could result in blood loss. More than 70% of patients with GAVE syndrome have no cirrhosis or portal hypertension.
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