Point Shear Wave Elastography of the Spleen: Its Role in Patients with Portal Hypertension
The goals of the study described here were to evaluate the feasibility and reproducibility of measuring spleen stiffness (SS) using point shear wave elastography in a series of cirrhotic patients and to investigate whether SS, liver stiffness (LS) and other non-invasive parameters are correlated with the presence of esophagogastric varices (EVs). Fifty-four cirrhotic patients with low-grade EVs or without EVs at esophago-gastro-duodenoscopy were enrolled. They underwent abdominal ultrasound and Doppler ultrasound of hepatic vessels simultaneously with p-SWE of the liver and spleen.
Source: Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology - Category: Radiology Authors: Natalie Lucchina, Chiara Recaldini, Monica Macchi, Valeria Molinelli, Mario Montanari, Sergio Segato, Raffaele Novario, Carlo Fugazzola Tags: Original Contribution Source Type: research
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