ArticleAbdominal radiology (New York)2021
Diagnostic value of spleen stiffness by magnetic resonance elastography for prediction of esophageal varices in cirrhotic patients.
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- Evidence for preventing EVRB in cirrhotic patients: A systematic review.Biomedical papers of the Medical Faculty of the University Palacky, Olomouc, Czechoslovakia · 2025Pooled it
- Predicting esophageal varices in cirrhosis: diagnostic utility of MR elastography and dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2026Article
- Spleen stiffness in a healthy pediatric population undergoing liver magnetic resonance elastography.Pediatric radiology · 2025Article
- Use of Noninvasive Tests to Assess Clinically Significant Portal Hypertension and Response to Beta-Blockers.Gastro hep advances · 2025Review
- Postprandial splenic stiffness changes on magnetic resonance elastography in a young healthy population.NMR in biomedicine · 2024Article
- Diagnostic Accuracy of Liver and Spleen Stiffness in Magnetic Resonance Elastography for the Detection of Gastroesophageal Varices: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Evaluation of Spleen Stiffness in Young Healthy Volunteers Using Magnetic Resonance Elastography.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Spleen Stiffness on Magnetic Resonance Elastography for the Detection of Portal Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Iranian journal of public health · 2022Review
- A novel machine learning-based radiomic model for diagnosing high bleeding risk esophageal varices in cirrhotic patients.Hepatology international · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeTo evaluate the diagnostic value of spleen stiffness (SS) via magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) in predicting esophageal varices.
methodsFrom January 2016 to September 2018, we retrospectively reviewed 263 patients with esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) records and available spleen and liver stiffness (LS) values from MRE. Clinical information including the underlying diseases, endoscopic grade of esophageal varices (EV) and laboratory data were collected from electronic medical records.
resultsIn cirrhotic patients, MRE-SS was higher in those with EV than in those without. MRE-SS also showed significant association with EV in the multivariate analysis, whereas MRE-LS did not. The diagnostic performance of MRE-SS for EV in cirrhotic patients was demonstrated by the area under curve of 0.853 (cut-off value: 9.53 kPa, P < 0.001), 84.4% sensitivity and 73.7% specificity.
conclusionFor prediction of EV in cirrhotic patients, MRE-SS is a useful non-invasive tool and it demonstrates better diagnostic performance than MRE-LS does.
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