Noninvasive evaluation of NAFLD

L Castera, V Vilgrain, P Angulo - Nature reviews Gastroenterology & …, 2013 - nature.com
A common clinical concern in patients with NAFLD is whether they have NASH or simple
steatosis and, more importantly, what the stage of fibrosis is and whether the level of fibrosis …

FibroScan (vibration-controlled transient elastography): where does it stand in the United States practice

EB Tapper, L Castera, NH Afdhal - Clinical Gastroenterology and …, 2015 - Elsevier
With widespread screening and increasingly effective treatments for patients with viral
hepatitis as well as the increasing prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, the …

[PDF][PDF] Magnetic resonance elastography predicts advanced fibrosis in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: a prospective study

R Loomba, T Wolfson, B Ang, J Hooker, C Behling… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Retrospective studies have shown that two‐dimensional magnetic resonance elastography
(2D‐MRE), a novel MR method for assessment of liver stiffness, correlates with advanced …

[HTML][HTML] EASL-ALEH Clinical Practice Guidelines: Non-invasive tests for evaluation of liver disease severity and prognosis

European Association for the Study of the Liver - Journal of hepatology, 2015 - Elsevier
Liver fibrosis is part of the structural and functional alterations in most chronic liver diseases.
It is one of the main prognostic factors as the amount of fibrosis is correlated with the risk of …

Prospective comparison of spleen and liver stiffness by using shear-wave and transient elastography for detection of portal hypertension in cirrhosis

L Elkrief, PE Rautou, M Ronot, S Lambert… - Radiology, 2015 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To prospectively compare the technical success rate and accuracy of shear-wave
elastography (SWE) and transient elastography (TE) for the detection of clinically significant …

Novel 3D magnetic resonance elastography for the noninvasive diagnosis of advanced fibrosis in NAFLD: a prospective study

R Loomba, J Cui, T Wolfson, W Haufe… - Official journal of the …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVES: Recent studies show two-dimensional (2D)-magnetic resonance
elastography (MRE) is accurate in diagnosing advanced fibrosis (stages 3 and 4) in …

Virologic, clinical, and immune response outcomes of patients with hepatitis C virus–associated cryoglobulinemia treated with direct-acting antivirals

M Bonacci, S Lens, MC Londoño, Z Mariño… - Clinical …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Cryoglobulins (circulating immune complexes of polyclonal IgG,
monoclonal IgM, and rheumatoid factor) are detected in the circulation of 40% to 60% of …

[HTML][HTML] Multiparametric ultrasomics of significant liver fibrosis: A machine learning-based analysis

W Li, Y Huang, BW Zhuang, GJ Liu, HT Hu, X Li… - European …, 2019 - Springer
Objective To assess significant liver fibrosis by multiparametric ultrasomics data using
machine learning. Materials and Methods This prospective study consisted of 144 patients …

Fibrosis in nonalcoholic Fatty liver disease: mechanisms and clinical implications

P Angulo, MV Machado, AM Diehl - Seminars in liver disease, 2015 - thieme-connect.com
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is tightly associated with obesity and the metabolic
syndrome in the United States and other Western countries. It is also the liver disease most …

[HTML][HTML] New imaging techniques for liver diseases

BE Van Beers, JL Daire, P Garteiser - Journal of hepatology, 2015 - Elsevier
Newly developed or advanced methods of ultrasonography and MR imaging provide
combined anatomical and quantitative functional information about diffuse and focal liver …