Supersonic Shear Imaging and Transient Elastography With the XL Probe Accurately Detect Fibrosis in Overweight or Obese Patients With Chronic Liver Disease

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
3281360	Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology	2015	13 Pages	PDF

Abstract

SSI and the TE-XL probe each accurately quantify liver fibrosis in overweight or obese patients with chronic liver disease, including those with HCV infection, when compared with data obtained from histologic analysis. SSI data obtained from the right lobe and the TE-XL probe can be used to evaluate fibrosis with similar accuracy.

Keywords

FIB-4 AAR SSI AUROC AST Aspartate aminotransferase Transient elastography liver stiffness measurement APRi Supersonic Shear Imaging LSM Cirrhosis body mass index BMI fibrosis stage Obesity aspartate aminotransferase to platelet ratio index Hepatitis C virus HCV Viral hepatitis