Liver stiffness accurately predicts portal hypertension related complications in patients with chronic liver disease: A prospective study

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1017-1024

  Robic, Marie Angle ^a   Procopet, Bogdan ^a,b   Métivier, Sophie ^a   Péron, Jean Marie ^a,c   Selves, Janick ^c,d   Vinel, Jean Pierre ^a,c   Bureau, Christophe ^a,c  

^a TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b IULIU HATIEGANU UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d CHU PURPAN   (France)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Hepatic venous pressure gradient; Liver stiffness; Portal hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BRAIN DISEASE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER STIFFNESS; LIVER STRUCTURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SEPSIS; VARIX BLEEDING; VEIN DISEASE;

AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELASTICITY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PORTAL PRESSURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE;

EID: 80051844206     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2011.01.051     Document Type: Article

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