2D shear wave liver elastography by Aixplorer to detect portal hypertension in cirrhosis: An individual patient data meta-analysis.
Maja Sofie ThieleMie Balle HuggerYongsoo KimPierre-Emmanuel RautouLaure ElkriefChristian JansenWim VerlindenGiulia AllegrettiMads IsraelsenHoria StefanescuPiscaglia FabioJoan Carles García-PagánSven FranqueAnnalisa BerzigottiLaurent CasteraWoo K JeongJonel TrebickaAleksander KragPublished in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2020)
Liver stiffness using 2-dimensional shear wave elastography below 14 kPa may be used to rule out clinically significant portal hypertension in cirrhosis patients, but this would need validation in populations of compensated liver disease. 2DSWE-SSI cannot predict varices needing treatment.
Keyphrases
- blood pressure
- systematic review
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- randomized controlled trial
- patient reported outcomes
- surgical site infection
- deep learning
- liver fibrosis
- combination therapy
- artificial intelligence
- arterial hypertension
- smoking cessation