Liver stiffness predicts variceal bleeding in HIV/HCV-coinfected patients with compensated cirrhosis.
Merchante N, Rivero-Juárez A, Téllez F, Merino D, Ríos-Villegas MJ, Ojeda-Burgos G, Omar M, Macías J, Rivero A, Pérez-Pérez M, Raffo M, López-Montesinos I, Márquez-Solero M, Gómez-Vidal MA, Pineda JA; Grupo Andaluz para el Estudio de las Hepatitis Víricas (HEPAVIR) de la Sociedad Andaluza de Enfermedades Infecciosas (SAEI).
Merchante N, et al.
AIDS. 2017 Feb 20;31(4):493-500. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000001358.
AIDS. 2017.
PMID: 27922855
BACKGROUND: A liver stiffness below 21 kPa has a high negative predictive value to exclude the presence of esophageal varices at risk of bleeding in HIV/hepatitis C virus (HCV)-coinfected patients. Consequently, upper gastrointestinal endoscopy (UGE) for the screening of e …
BACKGROUND: A liver stiffness below 21 kPa has a high negative predictive value to exclude the presence of esophageal varices at risk of ble …