fibrosis evaluation by transient elastography in patients with long-term sustained hcv clearance
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background reversibility of advanced fibrosis after hcv-clearance is an important goal of therapy. objectives measuring liver stiffness (ls) by transient elastography (te) might be helpful in this setting. patients and methods we evaluated 104 patients with biopsy-proven chronic hepatitis c (chc) and sustained virological response (svr) after peg-interferon (ifn) plus ribavirin since at least 18 months. hcv-eradication was confirmed searching for serum hcv-rna (tma® sensitivity > 5-10 iu/ml). data from literature reported the best ls cut-off values for different stages of liver fibrosis were 7.1 kpa for metavir stage 2 (f2), 9.5 kpa for f3 and 12.5 for cirrhosis (f4). results te was not reliable in four svr obese patients. metavir-stage of biopsy was f0-1 in 28, f2 in 47, f3 in 17 and f4 in eight patients. the median interval elapsed since achieving svr was 36 months (range: 18-77, sd¬¬:18). stratifying patients according to the histological stage assessed before treatment, a clear-cut gradient of ls values was observed from f0-1: median: 3.8 kpa (range: 3.5-4.9) to f2: 4.6 kpa (3.8-6.0), f3: 6.2 kpa (4.8-8.6) and f4: 8.4 kpa (6.2-9.2) (p = 0.001). overall, 86 patients had lower values of ls than the expected ls values according to metavir-stage. at multivariate logistic analysis γ-gt and histological steatosis were independently associated with persistence of higher values of ls. conclusion long term responders to ifn-based therapies have lower ls values than those who are untreated and still viraemic. high levels of γ-gt and liver steatosis, all markers of insulin resistance, may hamper reduction of liver stiffness after hcv-clearance.
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Fibrosis Evaluation by Transient Elastography in Patients With Long-Term Sustained HCV Clearance
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