Efficacy of liver stiffness measurement and biochemical tests to assess severe fibrosis in patients transplanted for non-HCV related liver diseases
S Beckebaum, S Iacob, CG Klein, A Dechêne, J Varghese, H Baba, G Sotiropoulos, A Paul, G Gerken, V Cicinnati · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2010 · Heft 01
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Aim: To assess the efficacy of transient elastography (TE), biochemical tests, and more complex scores in determining severe fibrosis (F≥3) after LT in non-HCV patients. Moreover, we assessed the diagnostic value of the ActiTest for predicting moderate to severe inflammation (A≥2). Methods: One hundred seven patients transplanted for non-HCV related liver diseases [HBV infection (n=24), alcohol-related liver disease (n=22), autoimmune related liver disease (n=47) and other etiologies (n=17)] who underwent liver biopsy, TE and blood tests on the same day were included in the study. Results: The optimal TE cut-off…
