Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology
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Zhonghua Gan Zang Bing Za Zhi · Nov 2013
[Non-invasive assessment of portal hypertension in patients with liver cirrhosis using FibroScan transient elastography].
To investigate the clinical value of FibroScan transient elastography for assessing portal hypertension in liver cirrhosis patients by determining the relationship between the liver or spleen stiffness measurement with the imaging parameters of esophageal varices, portal vein width, spleen volume, and splenic vein width. ⋯ FibroScan appears to be a clinically valuable non-invasive method to assess portal hypertension in cirrhotic patients. Both liver and spleen stiffness measurements correlated with portal hypertension but the spleen stiffness measurement may be of higher clinical value.