ACR Appropriateness Criteria ® Chronic Liver Disease
The liver fibrosis stage is the most important clinical determinate of morbidity and mortality in patients with chronic liver diseases. With newer therapies, liver fibrosis can be stabilized and possibly reversed, thus accurate diagnosis and staging of liver fibrosis are clinically important. Ultrasound, CT, and conventional MRI can be used to establish the diagnosis of advanced fibrosis/cirrhosis but have limited utility for assessing earlier stages of fibrosis. Elastography-based ultrasound and MRI techniques are more useful for assessment of precirrhotic hepatic fibrosis.
Source: Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR - Category: Radiology Authors: Expert Panel on Gastrointestinal Imaging, Mustafa R. Bashir, Jeanne M. Horowitz, Ihab R. Kamel, Hina Arif-Tiwari, Sumeet K. Asrani, Victoria Chernyak, Alan Goldstein, Joseph R. Grajo, Nicole M. Hindman, Aya Kamaya, Michelle M. McNamara, Kristin K. Porter, Tags: Appropriate use criteria Source Type: research
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