A study in the June 2010 issue of Gastroenterology sought to identify the incidence and predictors of de novo gastroesophageal variceal formation and progression in a large cohort of patients with chronic hepatitis C and advanced fibrosis. Dr. Kuemmerle speaks with the author of this article, Dr. Robert J. Fontana of the Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School.