Methods Consecutive HIV patients followed at 3 Italian Institutions, with or without coinfection with hepatitis viruses, were enrolled Jan to Jun, 2010. Transient Elastography (FibroScan©) was performed by 1 physician per site, blinded to patients’ data. Only procedures with ≥10 successful acquisitions and a success rate of ≥60% were evaluated. Elastographic results were expressed in KiloPascal...

OBJECTIVE In order to evaluate the influence of liver inflammation on liver stiffness measurement (LSM) by the simultaneous use of shear wave and strain imaging (combinational elastography), shear wave and strain imaging were compared before and after initial therapy for autoimmune hepatitis (AIH). METHODS Nine AIH patients initially treated with steroid were enrolled. Transient elastography ...

l l i i h n a w s e iver fibrosis is, undoubtedly, one of the main prognostic facors in liver disease because it determines the development f cirrhosis and its subsequent complications.1 Classically, liver biopsy has been considered the old-standard for liver fibrosis assessment.2 There are limtations associated to liver biopsy, namely sampling bias, bserver variability among pathologists and p...

Elastography is capable of noninvasively detecting hepatic fibrosis by imposing mechanical stress and measuring the viscoelastic response in the liver. Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) relies on time-harmonic vibrations, while most dynamic ultrasound elastography methods employ transient stimulation methods. This study attempts to benefit from the advantages of time-harmonic tissue stimula...

BACKGROUND The efficiency of transient elastography for the assessment of liver fibrosis has been evaluated mainly in patients with chronic hepatitis C and chronic hepatitis B, with few studies with nonviral chronic liver disease (CLD) such as autoimmune hepatitis, alcoholic liver disease and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. In this study, we examined the value of transient elastography in a numbe...

cc ep te d A rti cl e On the safety of elastography in fetal medicine: A preliminary study of hypoacusia 1Paloma Massó, 1Guillermo Rus, 2Francisca Molina 1University of Granada Structural Mechanics, University of Granada Politecnico de Fuentenueva Granada, Spain 2 San Cecilio University Hospital (HUSC) Maternal-Fetal Medicine Unit. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Granada, Spain Cor...

Transient elastography by FibroScan® (Echosens, Paris, France) is a non-invasive method that can provide reliable measurement of liver fibrosis through the evaluation stiffness. Despite its limitations and risks, biopsy has thus far been only procedure able to data quantify fibrosis. Scientific evidence clinical practice have made it possible use in diagnostic work-up several diseases monitor p...

NAFLD is a global epidemic. The prevalence of NAFLD is 20-30% in North America, northern Europe, Australia, Japan, India and China. It is crucial that patients with NAFLD receive an assessment for their risk of advanced fibrosis, which increases the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma and other complications of cirrhosis. Risk stratification that is efficient, cost-effective, patient-centred and e...

INTRODUCTION: Liver fibrosis results from chronic liver disease, including chronic viral hepatitis, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), inborn errors of metabolism, and toxic damage. Characterizing severity of fibrosis is essential for prediction of disease progression and therapy. Recently, ultrasonographic (US) elastography and magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) have been used to detect ...