Splenic and Liver Elastography in Prediction of Esophageal Varices and Variceal Severity in Patients with Chronic Liver Disease: A Diagnostic Validation Study

Trilochan Panthee; Khanak K. Nandolia; Pankaj Sharma; Itish Patnaik; Udit Chauhan

doi:10.1055/s-0044-1790233

Journal of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology (Jan 2025)

Splenic and Liver Elastography in Prediction of Esophageal Varices and Variceal Severity in Patients with Chronic Liver Disease: A Diagnostic Validation Study

Trilochan Panthee,
Khanak K. Nandolia,
Pankaj Sharma,
Itish Patnaik,
Udit Chauhan

Affiliations

Trilochan Panthee: Department of Radiology, Bhim Hospital, Siddharthanagar, Nepal
Khanak K. Nandolia: ORCiD; Department of Diagnostic and Intervention Radiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India
Pankaj Sharma: Department of Diagnostic and Intervention Radiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India
Itish Patnaik: Department of Gastroenterology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India
Udit Chauhan: Department of Diagnostic and Intervention Radiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0044-1790233
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 08, no. 01
pp. 019 – 026

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Objective The aim of this study was to assess the value of shear wave elastography (SWE) to predict the presence of esophageal varices (EVs) and to predict high-grade EV in patients with chronic liver disease (CLD).

Published in Journal of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology

ISSN: 2581-9933 (Print); 2581-9178 (Online)
Publisher: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
Country of publisher: India
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-00043197

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