Reduction of Shear Wave Elastography but Not Shear Wave Dispersion After Successful Hepatitis C Treatment With Direct-Acting Antiviral Agents.

Pei-Yuan SuWei-Wen SuLi-Sha WuPo-Ke HsuSiou-Ping HuangYu-Chun Hsu

Published in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (2020)

Direct-acting antiviral therapy can significantly decrease liver stiffness (using both 2D SWE and TE) but not SWD and ATI values in patients with hepatitis C. An increased CAP is also observed after DAA therapy.

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