Role of Spleen Stiffness Measurement by 2D-Shear Wave Elastography in Ruling Out the Presence of High-Risk Varices in Cirrhotic Patients.

Dimitrios S KaragiannakisTheodoros VoulgarisEvgenia KouretaElissavet ChloupiGeorge V PapatheodoridisJohn Vlachogiannakos

Published in: Digestive diseases and sciences (2019)

2D-SWE of spleen is a reliable method for ruling out the presence of HRV in cirrhotic patients. If larger studies confirm our results, a large number of endoscopies could be avoided.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed