Background: Hepatic derangements and liver injury following the Fontan operation (FO) may
progress in some cases to hepatic fibrosis (HF) and cirrhosis. The respective roles of …

Purpose In patients with chronic diffuse liver diseases, liver fibrosis severity is an important
element for prognosis and for selecting therapy. Acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) …

Background. Liver disease associated with cystic fibrosis (CFLD) is the second cause of
mortality in these patients. The diagnosis is difficult because none of the available tests are …

Background: The diagnosis of chronic liver disease (CLD) leading to fibrosis, cirrhosis, and
portal hypertension had witnessed dramatic changes after the introduction of noninvasive …

Background Hepatic involvement is frequent in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), with focal
biliary cirrhosis being the pathognomonic hepatic manifestation. In around one-quarter of CF …

Aim: To establish the values of spleen stiffness (SS) assessed by Acoustic Radiation Force
Impulse (ARFI) in healthy subjects and in cirrhotic patients, and to evaluate its predictive …

Objectives To explore the association between liver stiffness and the Child‐Pugh
classification of liver function by shear wave elastography (SWE). Methods A total of 116 …

Background Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging (ARFI) is a recent ultrasound
technique to assess tissue stiffness. Objective Our aim was to describe the feasibility and to …

Background. The success of liver stiffness measurement (LSM) by transient elastography
(TE, FibroScan) is influenced by anthropometric factors. In smaller adults, the M probe may …