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ArticleUltrasound (Leeds, England)2019

Strain elastography for noninvasive assessment of liver fibrosis: A prospective study with histological comparison.

Cheng Fang, Sanjiv Virdee, Joseph Jacob, Olivia Rufai, Kosh Agarwal, Alberto Quaglia, Daniel J Quinlan, Paul S Sidhu

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Article in Ultrasound (Leeds, England), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Cheng FangDepartment of Radiology, King's College Hospital, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9649-8904
Sanjiv VirdeeDepartment of Radiology, King's College Hospital, London, UK.
Joseph JacobCentre for Medical Imaging Computing, University College London, UK.
Olivia RufaiDepartment of Radiology, King's College Hospital, London, UK.
Kosh AgarwalInstitute of Liver Studies, King's College Hospital, London, UK.
Alberto QuagliaInstitute of Liver Studies, King's College Hospital, London, UK.
Daniel J QuinlanDepartment of Radiology, King's College Hospital, London, UK.
Paul S SidhuDepartment of Radiology, King's College Hospital, London, UK.

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The aim of this study was to prospectively evaluate the diagnostic performance of strain elastography for the assessment of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic liver disease using Ishak (0-6) histology stage as a reference standard. Ninety-eight consecutive patients with suspected chronic liver disease scheduled for liver biopsy (n = 78) or histologically confirmed cirrhosis (n = 20) were enrolled. Liver fibrosis Index (LF Index) calculated by strain elastography, liver stiffness by transient elastography and serum fibrosis markers (aspartate aminotransferase-to-platelet ratio index and King's Score) were measured. Spearman's correlation coefficient between the LF Index, liver stiffness, serum fibrosis markers and fibrosis stage were calculated and compared using areas under the receiver-operating characteristics (AUROCs) curves. Among 73 patients who underwent strain elastography, there was weak correlation between fibrosis stage and the LF Index (Spearman's: ρ = 0.385 for Ishak score;

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Liverliver fibrosisreal-time elastographystrain elastographyultrasound

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PMID31762783
PMCPMC6851718

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