1. [Transient elastography].
- Author
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Della Valle S, Branchi F, Rigamonti C, and Fraquelli M
- Subjects
- Evidence-Based Medicine, Hepatitis B, Chronic diagnostic imaging, Hepatitis B, Chronic pathology, Humans, Liver Cirrhosis diagnosis, Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic diagnostic imaging, Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic pathology, Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary diagnostic imaging, Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary pathology, Liver Transplantation diagnostic imaging, Liver Transplantation pathology, Meta-Analysis as Topic, Predictive Value of Tests, Reproducibility of Results, Sensitivity and Specificity, Severity of Illness Index, Elasticity Imaging Techniques methods, Liver Cirrhosis diagnostic imaging, Liver Cirrhosis pathology
- Abstract
Transient elastography (TE, Fibroscan) is a recent, rapid and highly reproducible technique for measuring liver tissue stiffness. Several studies in patients with chronic liver disease evidenced that it accurately predicts the degree of hepatic fibrosis and that it is particularly accurate in identifying severe fibrosis and cirrhosis. However, in the clinical practice TE provides an answer to a single question (liver elasticity) that could be influenced by several factors, mainly by hepatic fibrosis, but also by necrosis-inflammatory activity and extrahepatic cholestasis.
- Published
- 2009