Liver and spleen elastography using supersonic shear imaging for the non-invasive diagnosis of cirrhosis severity and oesophageal varices

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 695-701

  Cassinotto, Christophe ^a,b   Charrie, Anne ^a   Mouries, Amaury ^a   Lapuyade, Bruno ^a   Hiriart, Jean Baptiste ^a   Vergniol, Julien ^a   Gaye, Delphine ^a   Hocquelet, Arnaud ^a   Charbonnier, Maude ^a   Foucher, Juliette ^a   Laurent, François ^b   Chermak, Faiza ^a   Montaudon, Michel ^b   de Ledinghen, Victor ^a,b  

^a HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Elasticity imaging techniques; Esophageal varices; Non invasive diagnosis; Supersonic shear imaging; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CHILD PUGH SCORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELASTOGRAPH; ELASTOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER STIFFNESS MEASUREMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ULTRASOUND SCANNER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPLEEN STIFFNESS MEASUREMENT; SUPERSONIC SHEAR IMAGING; ADOLESCENT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; COMPLICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; LIVER FAILURE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPLEEN; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AREA UNDER CURVE; ASCITES; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPLEEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937516702     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: 18783562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2015.04.008     Document Type: Article

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