Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging for assessing liver fibrosis in alcoholic liver disease.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To evaluate the performance of elastography by ultrasound with acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) in determining fibrosis stage in patients with alcoholic liver disease (ALD) undergoing alcoholic detoxification in relation to biopsy.

Methods

Eighty-three patients with ALD undergoing detoxification were prospectively enrolled. Each patient underwent ARFI imaging and a liver biopsy on the same day. Fibrosis was staged according to the METAVIR scoring system. The median of 10 valid ARFI measurements was calculated for each patient.

Results

Sixty-nine males and thirteen females (one patient excluded due to insufficient biopsy size) were assessed with a mean alcohol consumption of 132.4 ± 128.8 standard drinks per week and mean cumulative year duration of 17.6 ± 9

SUBMITTER: Kiani A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4873885 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature