Adaptation of controlled attenuation parameter (CAP) measurement depth in morbidly obese patients addressed for bariatric surgery.

Sosthene SomdaAmandine LebrunHadrien TranchartKarima LamouriSophie PrevotMicheline Njike-NakseuMartin GaillardPanagiotis LainasAxel BalianIbrahim DagherGabriel PerlemuterSylvie NaveauCosmin Sebastian Voican

Published in: PloS one (2019)

CAP was overestimated in a half of morbidly obese patients using an XL probe, but CAP can be performed correctly in these patients after adapting the measurement depth.

Keyphrases

obese patients
bariatric surgery
gastric bypass
roux en y gastric bypass
weight loss
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
optical coherence tomography
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
patient reported outcomes