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The Committee noted that most of the patients included in the published studies on radiofrequency ablation for gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE) had ectasia that had been refractory to other treatments. The procedure has potential for significant benefit to these patients, if further data support its efficacy. Information about the place of radiofrequency ablation for GAVE in treating patients who have not had other interventions would also be useful.