ReviewWorld journal of gastroenterology2019
Elastography-based screening for esophageal varices in patients with advanced chronic liver disease.
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- Accuracy of 2D and point shear wave elastography-based measurements for diagnosis of esophageal varices: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Diagnostic and interventional radiology (Ankara, Turkey) · 2022Pooled it
- Agile 3+ and Agile 4 scores are accurate to detect advanced metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease.European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology · 2026Article
- Diagnostic Accuracy of Liver Stiffness Measurement as a Non-Invasive Tool for Variceal Screening in Pediatric Chronic Liver Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology & nutrition · 2026Article
- Deep learning radiomics of elastography for diagnosing compensated advanced chronic liver disease: an international multicenter study.Visual computing for industry, biomedicine, and art · 2025Article
- Applications of Artificial Intelligence-Based Systems in the Management of Esophageal Varices.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Review
- Enhancing liver cirrhosis varices and CSPH risk prediction with spleen stiffness measurement using 100-Hz probe.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Noninvasive models for the prediction of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B.BMC gastroenterology · 2024Article
- Postprandial splenic stiffness changes on magnetic resonance elastography in a young healthy population.NMR in biomedicine · 2024Article
- Evaluation of Noninvasive Tools for Predicting Esophageal Varices in Patients With Cirrhosis at Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town.International journal of hepatology · 2024Article
- Diagnosis and Management of Esophagogastric Varices.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Prediction of Esophageal Varices in Viral Hepatitis C Cirrhosis: Performance of Combined Ultrasonography and Clinical Predictors.International journal of biomedical imaging · 2023Article
- Covered Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Improves Hypersplenism-Associated Cytopenia in Cirrhosis.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2022Article
- Current treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.Journal of internal medicine · 2022Review
- Utility of FibroScan-based scoring systems to narrow the risk group of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease with comorbidities.World journal of gastrointestinal pathophysiology · 2022Article
- Elastography as a predictor of liver cirrhosis complications after hepatitis C virus eradication in the era of direct-acting antivirals.World journal of hepatology · 2021Review
- Diffusion tensor imaging of the spleen in prediction and grading of esophageal varices in cirrhotic children with portal hypertension.Japanese journal of radiology · 2021Article
- Clinical algorithms for the prevention of variceal bleeding and rebleeding in patients with liver cirrhosis.World journal of hepatology · 2021Review
- Ultrasound Elastography-Cornerstone of Non-Invasive Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Fatty Liver Disease Assessment.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Review
- Individualized treatment options for patients with non-cirrhotic and cirrhotic liver disease.World journal of gastroenterology · 2021Review
- Validation and comparison of non-invasive prediction models based on liver stiffness measurement to identify patients who could avoid gastroscopy.Scientific reports · 2021Article
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Abstract
Elastography-based liver stiffness measurement (LSM) is a non-invasive tool for estimating liver fibrosis but also provides an estimate for the severity of portal hypertension in patients with advanced chronic liver disease (ACLD). The presence of varices and especially of varices needing treatment (VNT) indicates distinct prognostic stages in patients with compensated ACLD (cACLD). The Baveno VI guidelines suggested a simple algorithm based on LSM < 20 kPa (by transient elastography, TE) and platelet count > 150 G/L for ruling-out VNT in patients with cACLD. These (and other) TE-based LSM cut-offs have been evaluated for VNT screening in different liver disease etiologies. Novel point shear-wave elastography (pSWE) and two-dimensional shear wave elastography (2D-SWE) methodologies for LSM have also been evaluated for their ability to screen for "any" varices and for VNT. Finally, the measurement of spleen stiffness (SSM) by elastography (mainly by pSWE and 2D-SWE) may represent another valuable screening tool for varices. Here, we summarize the current literature on elastography-based prediction of "any" varices and VNT. Finally, we have summarized the published LSM and SSM cut-offs in clinically useful scale cards.
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