Non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis in patients after the Fontan operation

Pediatrics International

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 980-984

  Furukawa, Takeshi ^a   Akimoto, Katsumi ^a   Ohtsuki, Masahiro ^a   Sato, Keiko ^a   Suzuki, Mitsuyoshi ^a   Takahashi, Ken ^a   Kishiro, Masahiko ^a   Shimizu, Toshiaki ^a   Kawasaki, Shiori ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

congestive liver fibrosis; Fontan operation; inferior vena cava pressure; liver fibrosis marker

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HYALURONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENOUS PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84255168769     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2011.03497.x     Document Type: Article

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