Ultrasound Pressure Estimation for Diagnosing Portal Hypertension in Patients Undergoing Dialysis for Chronic Kidney Disease.

Priscilla MachadoIpshita GuptaJonathan M FenkelSriharsha GummadiMaria StanczakCorinne E WessnerColette M ShawSusan SchultzMichael C SoulenKirk WallaceJohn R Eisenbrey Flemming Forsberg

Published in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (2021)

Liver fibrosis staging in dialysis patients evaluated for portal hypertension appears to be more accurately predicted by SHAPE than by HVPG; albeit in a small sample size.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
liver fibrosis
blood pressure
patients undergoing
magnetic resonance imaging
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
patient reported
arterial hypertension