Patients with compensated advanced chronic liver disease who develop clinically significant
portal hypertension (CSPH) are at high risk for hepatic decompensation and mortality if left …

Staging of liver fibrosis and diagnosis, or exclusion, of early compensated liver cirrhosis are
important in the treatment decisions and surveillance of patients with chronic liver disease …

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 …

Continued elucidation of the mechanisms of hepatic fibrosis has yielded a comprehensive
and nuanced portrait of fibrosis progression and regression. The paradigm of hepatic …

The development of ultrasound-based elasticity imaging methods has been the focus of
intense research activity since the mid-1990s. In characterizing the mechanical properties of …

The development of portal hypertension is a common consequence of chronic liver diseases
leading to the formation of esophageal and gastric varices responsible for variceal bleeding …

The evaluation of liver fibrosis is critical, particularly to rule out cirrhosis. Novel non-invasive
tests such as transient ultrasound elastography are widely used to stage liver fibrosis as an …

With a prevalence affecting over 30% of HIV infected patients, coinfection with hepatitis B
(HBV) or C (HCV) virus remains one of the most frequent comorbidities in this population …

Conclusions: LSM from TE, shear wave elastography, and MRE shows acceptable to
outstanding accuracy for the detection of liver fibrosis across various liver disease etiologies …

Chronic liver disease represents a major public health problem, accounting for significant
morbidity and mortality worldwide. As prognosis and management depend mainly on the …