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The Role of Fibroscan as a Non-Invasive Predictor for Oesophageal Varices in Post HCV Cirrhotic Egyptian Patients With or Without Bilhariziasis
- Source :
- The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine. 72:5079-5085
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Egypts Presidential Specialized Council for Education and Scientific Research, 2018.
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Abstract
- Background: Development of oesophageal varices is a major complication that may occur in up to 90% of cirrhotic patients. The endoscopic screening is an invasive procedure. This is why the selection of patients with large oesophageal varices at high risk for bleeding has become an issue of growing importance. In this respect, several clinical, biochemical, ultrasonographic and elastrogarphic (transient elastography-TE) methods have been proposed (and some of them validated) as noninvasive alternatives to endoscopy. Objectives: It was to evaluate transient elastography by fibroscan in the prediction and determination of the grade of esophageal varices in cirrhotic patients due to chronic hepatitis c virus (HCV) infection with or without bilharziasis. Patients and Methods: Sixty Egyptian patients with body mass index (BMI) 0.05). Conclusion: fibroscan is valuable in predicting the presence of esophageal varices and large esophageal varices in patients with post HCV liver cirrhosis with or without bilharziasis but couldnot predict the grade of esophageal varices.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Cirrhosis
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Physical examination
medicine.disease
Gastroenterology
Endoscopy
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Esophageal varices
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Internal medicine
Hepatocellular carcinoma
medicine
030211 gastroenterology & hepatology
Medical history
Transient elastography
Varices
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20907125
- Volume :
- 72
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........27bd6b565d9e91560fd7e334e4da97c7