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Assessment and monitoring of liver function by ¹³C-aminopyrine breath test after selective transarterial chemoembolisation of hepatocellular carcinoma
- Source :
- Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie. 53(1)
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Liver function and tumor staging are essential parameters for selection of treatment modalities in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) is associated with a risk of deterioration of liver function. In clinical routine hepatic function in patients with liver cirrhosis is assessed by the Child-Pugh-classification. Dynamic breath tests allow the assessment of the hepatic functional mass and have the potential to give more accurate information on hepatic function periinterventionally.A prospective clinical study was performed in 13 patients receiving a total of 18 TACE sessions. (13)C-aminopyrine breath test was performed the day before TACE, 2 days and 30 days after TACE and correlated with standard laboratory work-up of the patients.Fourteen TACE sessions were performed in Child A liver cirrhosis, 4 in Child B cirrhosis. All patients presented with impaired aminopyrine metabolism at baseline. No significant changes in the (13)C aminopyrine breath test following TACE were observed. Two patients treated in Child A cirrhosis decompensated to Child B, one of them recovered. No further decompensation was observed in patients treated in Child B cirrhosis.Liver function assessment with (13)C-aminopyrine breath test and Child-Pugh-classification following TACE was discordant in a large proportion of patients. Whether a quantification of mitochondrial liver function in patients planned to undergo locoregional treatment of HCC in liver cirrhosis is helpful in the prediction of postprocedural liver decompensation needs to be addressed in larger prospective clinical trials.
- Subjects :
- Male
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
Liver Neoplasms
Reproducibility of Results
Prognosis
Sensitivity and Specificity
Treatment Outcome
Breath Tests
Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System
Liver Function Tests
Humans
Female
Carbon Radioisotopes
Chemoembolization, Therapeutic
Drug Monitoring
Aminopyrine
Aged
Neoplasm Staging
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14397803
- Volume :
- 53
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie
- Accession number :
- edsair.pmid..........7378104e115ecaf322d3bc8cc1a41cc9