Endoscopy in acute variceal bleeding: Not always the sooner, the better?

Since the first consensus meeting on portal hypertension held in Baveno, Italy, in 1990, the statement that endoscopy should be performed as soon as possible in case of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding in a cirrhotic patient was largely agreed upon by experts, despite limited evidence [ [1] de Franchis R. Pascal J.P. Ancona E. Burroughs A.K. Henderson M. Fleig W. et al. Definitions, methodology and therapeutic strategies in portal...