Sequential shear-wave elastography of liver and spleen rules out clinically significant portal hypertension in compensated advanced chronic liver disease

Gut. 2017 Mar;66(3):558-559. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2016-311955. Epub 2016 Apr 27.

Authors

Christian Jansen¹, Christopher Bogs¹, Aleksander Krag², Sven Francque³, Jonel Trebicka^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
² Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
³ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium.

PMID: 27196577
DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2016-311955

No abstract available

Keywords: LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PORTAL HYPERTENSION.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Elasticity Imaging Techniques*
Humans
Hypertension, Portal
Liver
Liver Cirrhosis
Spleen*