Performance of Real-Time Strain Elastography, Transient Elastography, and Aspartate-to-Platelet Ratio Index in the Assessment of Fibrosis in Chronic Hepatitis C

Ferraioli, Giovanna; Tinelli, Carmine; Malfitano, Antonello; Bello, Barbara Dal; Filice, G.; Fı̀lice, Carlo; Above, Elisabetta; Barbarini, Giorgio; Brunetti, Enrico; Calderon, W.; Gregorio, Marta Di; Lissandrin, Raffaella; Ludovisi, Serena; Maiocchi, Laura; Michelone, G; Mondelli, Mario U.; Patruno, S. F. A.; Perretti, Alessandro; Poma, Gianluigi; Sacchi, Paolo; Zaramella, Marco; Zicchetti, Mabel

doi:10.2214/ajr.11.7517

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“…The maximum and minimum lengths of the ROI measured in our previous study were 1.90 6 0.12 (range, 1.5-2.0) and 0.90 6 0.11 (range, 0.6-1.0) cm for the liver and spleen parenchyma, and 0.44 6 0.07 (range, 0.3-0.5) and 0.28 6 0.01 (range, 0.2-0.3) cm for small vessels. 2 We also previously found that interobserver agreement in determining fibrosis stage at different liver sites and the elastic ratio calculated by the two examiners closely correlated, and did not significantly differ. 3 This evidence indicated that a small variation in the size of the ROI would not affect the value of the elastic ratio determined using real-time tissue elastography.…”

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Real-time tissue elastography in the assessment of liver stiffness

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“…2,3 The area of the ROI placed on both the liver and the spleen parenchyma was within 2 Â 1 cm. The size of the ROI in the small vessels was usually within 0.3 Â 0.5 cm.…”

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Real-time tissue elastography in the assessment of liver stiffness

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“…As in the case of the transient elastography (Fibroscan), shear wave elastography is difficult to perform in patients with significant obesity. Several studies have confirmed the high diagnostic efficacy of the SWE method and compliance of the results of the biopsy, TE and FibroTest [18,19].…”

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Current Possibilities to Assess the Degree of Liver Fibrosis in Patients with Haemophilia Infected with HCV - Review

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Haemophilia is an entity, wherein the HCV infection rate is greater than in the general population and ranges between 70-90%. The majority of HCV infections were acquired by hemophiliacs in the 1980s, by the use of infected cryoprecipitate or fresh frozen plasma preparations. It is therefore highly likely that many of them, more than twenty years after the infection, have developed advanced liver disease. Until recently, in order to assess its severity, it was necessary to perform a liver biopsy. Currently, we observe rapid developments of non-invasive methods that are particularly useful in patients with bleeding disorders. The most popular include elastography (Fibroscan, SWE) and the algorithms based on measurements of the relevant blood parameters (e.g. FibroTest, Fibrometer, APRI index). Ease of implementation of these studies, no need for hospitalization of the patient or specific preparation for surgery, allow for quick and minimally invasive assessment of liver disease progression and classification of the patient to the appropriate antiviral therapy (Adv Clin Exp Med 2015, 24, 4, 671-677).

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“…In order to obtain LFI, the color map was coded from 0 (blue) to 255 (red). Then, a few parameters were calculated: mean, [12]. The ROI is placed at least 1 cm under the liver capsule.…”

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Strain Elastography (SE) for liver fibrosis estimation – which elastic score to calculate?

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Liver fibrosis scoring by liver biopsy has become a rarity in daily practice mainly because many non-invasive methods with similar accuracy have been developed. Among all ultrasound elastography imaging methods, Strain Elastography (SE) is the most widely available. Although SE is a qualitative and semi-quantitative method, there is reliable applicability for liver fibrosis estimation and multiple ways to transform SE into a quantitative method, in order to obtain a fibrosis score. The aim of this review is to briefly introduce all these methods and to offer support in choosing the best estimation method for liver fibrosis, with SE.

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Performance of Real-Time Strain Elastography, Transient Elastography, and Aspartate-to-Platelet Ratio Index in the Assessment of Fibrosis in Chronic Hepatitis C

Cited by 61 publications

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Real-time tissue elastography in the assessment of liver stiffness

Real-time tissue elastography in the assessment of liver stiffness

Current Possibilities to Assess the Degree of Liver Fibrosis in Patients with Haemophilia Infected with HCV - Review

Strain Elastography (SE) for liver fibrosis estimation – which elastic score to calculate?

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