Elastography is unable to exclude cirrhosis after sustained virological response in HCV-infected patients with advanced chronic liver disease.

Teresa BroquetasPaula Herruzo-PinoZoe MariñoDolores NaranjoMercedes VergaraRosa Mª MorillasXavier Forns Jose Antonio Carrión

Published in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2021)

Cirrhosis is present, 3 years after SVR, in more than half of HCV-cACLD patients even with the normalisation of liver function parameters, serological non-invasive tests and TE values. The low diagnostic accuracy of non-invasive methods after SVR reinforces the need for long-term surveillance.

Keyphrases

hepatitis c virus
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
public health
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
hiv infected
patient reported
drug induced