The prognosis of decompensated cirrhosis resulting from chronic hepatitis B is poor, and the
benefits of treatment with interferon are outweighed by serious side effects and by the risk of …

Failure of liver stiffness measurement (LSM) by transient elastography (TE, FibroScan) and
unreliable results occur in ≈5% and 15% of patients, respectively, mainly due to obesity. In …

Background & Aims : A 50% dysfunction rate at 1 year is one of the main drawbacks of the
transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt procedure. Preliminary experimental and clinical …

Background Accurate tools for the noninvasive detection of hepatic steatosis are needed.
The Controlled Attenuation Parameter ( CAP ) specifically targets liver steatosis using a …

Background & Aims: Manganese (Mn) deposition could be responsible for the T 1 -weighted
magnetic resonance signal hyperintensities observed in cirrhotic patients. These …

Increasing evidence suggests that manganese deposition is responsible for the T1‐weighted
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) signal hyperintensity consistently observed in pallidum …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: The FibroScan XL probe facilitates liver stiffness measurement (LSM)
by transient elastography (TE) in obese patients, yet factors affecting its accuracy have …

The hepatorenal syndrome (HRS) is related to vasoconstriction of the renal cortex induced
by systemic hypovolemia that follows splanchnic vasodilatation as the primary event in the …

OBJECTIVE: Gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE) is a rare cause of chronic bleeding in
cirrhotic patients. Treatment of GAVE with surgical or nonsurgical portal decompression, β-…

Background and aims: Liver stiffness measurement (LSM) by transient elastography (TE) is
widely used for the noninvasive assessment of fibrosis. Our objectives were to examine the …