Variceal hemorrhage: Saudi tertiary center experience of clinical presentations, complications and mortality.

Aim: To determine the clinical presentation, underlying etiology and short- and long-term outcomes of acute variceal bleeding (AVB).

Methods: A retrospective descriptive cohort study of cirrhotic patients with AVB who were admitted to King Abdul Aziz University Hospital between January 2005 and December 2009. We obtained demographic data for all patients.