ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2020
Shear Wave Dispersion Predicts Liver Fibrosis and Adverse Outcomes in Patients with Heart Failure.
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- Prognostic value of liver stiffness in patients with heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2025Pooled it
- Diagnostic Accuracy of Shear Wave Elastography for the Assessment of Congestive Liver Disease in Patients With Structural Heart Disease.Journal of clinical ultrasound : JCU · 2026Article
- Prognostic significance of spleen shear wave elastography and dispersion in patients with heart failure: the crucial role of cardio-splenic axis.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2023Observational
- Hepatic Venous Stasis Index Reflects Hepatic Congestion and Predicts Adverse Outcomes in Patients With Heart Failure.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2023Article
- Shear Wave Dispersion in Chronic Liver Disease: From Physical Principles to Clinical Usefulness.Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Review
- Shear wave dispersion to assess liver disease progression in Fontan-associated liver disease.PloS one · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundIt has been recently reported that liver stiffness assessed by transient elastography reflects right atrial pressure (RAP) and is associated with worse outcomes in patients with heart failure (HF). However, the relationship between shear wave dispersion (SWD, a novel indicator of liver viscosity) determined by abdominal ultrasonography and RAP, and the prognostic impact of SWD on HF patients have not been fully examined. We aimed to clarify the associations of SWD with parameters of liver function test (LFT) and right heart catheterization (RHC), as well as with cardiac events such as cardiac death and worsening HF, in patients with HF.
methodsWe performed abdominal ultrasonography, LFT and RHC in HF patients (
resultsThere were significant correlations between SWD and circulating levels of direct bilirubin (R = 0.222,
conclusionsSWD assessed by abdominal ultrasonography reflects liver fibrosis rather than liver congestion, and is associated with adverse prognosis in HF patients.
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