Current status of novel antifibrotic therapies in patients with chronic liver disease

M Cohen-Naftaly, SL Friedman - Therapeutic advances in …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Fibrosis accumulation is a dynamic process resulting from a wound-healing response to
acute or chronic liver injury of all causes. The cascade starts with hepatocyte necrosis and …

Invasive and non-invasive methods for the assessment of fibrosis and disease progression in chronic liver disease

L Castera - Best practice & research Clinical gastroenterology, 2011 - Elsevier
Chronic liver diseases represent a major public health problem, accounting for significant
morbidity and mortality worldwide. Their prognosis and management greatly depend on the …

[PDF][PDF] Risk assessment of hepatitis B virus–related hepatocellular carcinoma development using liver stiffness measurement (FibroScan)

KS Jung, SU Kim, SH Ahn, YN Park, DY Kim… - …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Liver stiffness measurement (LSM) using FibroScan accurately assesses the degree of liver
fibrosis and the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) development in patients with chronic …

Liver stiffness accurately predicts portal hypertension related complications in patients with chronic liver disease: a prospective study

MA Robic, B Procopet, S Métivier, JM Péron… - Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND & AIMS: The prognosis of patients with chronic liver disease is to a great
extent determined by the presence and degree of portal hypertension (PHT). Hepatic …

Reliability of transient elastography for the detection of fibrosis in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and chronic viral hepatitis

S Gaia, S Carenzi, AL Barilli, E Bugianesi… - Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Transient elastography (TE) is validated in chronic hepatitis C
(CHC) to evaluate hepatic fibrosis; however, limited data are available in chronic hepatitis B …

Assessment of chronic hepatitis and fibrosis: comparison of MR elastography and diffusion-weighted imaging

Y Wang, DR Ganger, J Levitsky… - American Journal of …, 2011 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of our study was to compare the utility of MR elastography (MRE)
and diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) in characterizing fibrosis and chronic hepatitis in …

Clinical feasibility of liver elastography by acoustic radiation force impulse imaging (ARFI)

K Rifai, J Cornberg, I Mederacke, MJ Bahr… - Digestive and Liver …, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Transient elastography is increasingly used for assessment of liver fibrosis.
Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging is a new technology to perform liver elastography …

Liver stiffness diminishes with antiviral response in chronic hepatitis C

C Hézode, L Castéra… - Alimentary …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2011; 34: 656–663 Summary Background Transient elastography
measures liver stiffness, which correlates with the hepatic fibrosis stage and has excellent …

Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging (ARFI) for non-invasive detection of liver fibrosis: examination standards and evaluation of interlobe differences in healthy …

T Karlas, C Pfrepper, J Wiegand… - Scandinavian journal …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Objective. Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging (ARFI) is a non-invasive method for the
quantification of liver stiffness. We aimed to develop standards for the measuring procedure …

Real-time tissue elastography as a tool for the noninvasive assessment of liver stiffness in patients with chronic hepatitis C

H Morikawa, K Fukuda, S Kobayashi, H Fujii… - Journal of …, 2011 - Springer
Background Although histopathological examination by “invasive” liver biopsy remains the
gold standard for evaluating disease progression in chronic liver disease, noninvasive tools …