Antiviral therapy impacts esophageal varices in HCV-induced cirrhosis

Tuesday, May 25, 2010 - 10:08 in Health & Medicine

Italian researchers have discovered that antiviral treatment and sustained virologic response (SVR) prevents esophageal varices in patients with compensated hepatitis C (HCV)-induced cirrhosis, indicating that endoscopic surveillance can be safely delayed or avoided in these patients. Full findings are published in the June issue of Hepatology, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD).

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