Usefulness of virtual touch tissue quantification for predicting the presence of esophageal varices in patients with liver cirrhosis

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Measuring the hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) is an established technique to detect increased portal pressure and predict the presence of esophageal varices (EVs); however, the risk of the test is greater than the information it provides. This study aimed to clarify the u...

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Autores principales: Matsui, Teppei, Nagai, Hidenari, Watanabe, Gou, Yoshimine, Naoyuki, Amanuma, Makoto, Kobayashi, Kojiro, Ogino, Yuu, Mukozu, Takanori, Matsukiyo, Yasushi, Daido, Yasuko, Wakui, Noritaka, Nakano, Shigeru, Shinohara, Mie, Momiyama, Koichi, Kudo, Takehide, Maruyama, Kenichi, Igarashi, Yoshinori
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8171162/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34124388
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgh3.12558

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