Liver fibrosis staging in patients with autoimmune hepatitis and primary biliary cirrhosis using Acoustic Radiation Force impulse Imaging (ARFI)

Problemstellung: Fibroscan® is considered one of the best non-invasive methods staging liver fibrosis in autoimmune liver diseases. The aim of the study was to prospectively evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of liver stiffness (LS) using ARFI elastography in comparison to liver biopsy and Fibroscan® in patients with autoimmune liver disease. Patienten und Methode: A total of 112 patients with AIH and PBC (82 females; mean age 53 ± 14 y) were enrolled in the study. All patients received ARFI elastography. Results were compared with TE and liver biopsies. Patients were divided in 3 groups according to results of li…