Prediction of the varices needing treatment with non-invasive tests in patients with compensated advanced chronic liver disease.
Han Ah LeeSeung-Up KimYeon Seok SeoYoung-Sun LeeSeong Hee KangYoung-Kul JungMoon-Young KimJi Hoon KimSang Gyune KimKi-Tae SukSoung Won JungJae Young JangHyonggin AnHyung Joon YimSoon Ho UmPublished in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2019)
Liver stiffness and platelet count-based criteria are useful for discriminating patients with very low risk of having VNT among patients with cACLD and are partly affected by the type of underlying liver disease. Conversely, the LSPS is a predictor of VNT in patients with cACLD regardless of the type of underlying liver disease.
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