Accuracy of 2D shear wave elastography in the diagnosis of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C.

Tamami AbeHidekatsu KurodaYudai FujiwaraYuichi YoshidaAkio MiyasakaNaohisa KamiyamaYasuhiro Takikawa

Published in: Journal of clinical ultrasound : JCU (2018)

2D-SWE was positively correlated with the severity of liver fibrosis and was more useful for to predict all liver fibrosis grades in HCV patients than liver fibrosis biomarkers.

Keyphrases

liver fibrosis
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
patient reported