Liver Elastography as a Predictor of Esophageal Varices in Patients With Cirrhosis

Introduction Liver cirrhosis is an advanced consequence of a long-standing liver disease that can lead to portal hypertension which subsequently can manifest as life-threatening variceal bleeding. The present study aimed to determine liver stiffness by shear wave elastography (SWE) to predict esopha...

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Autores principales: Danish, Muhammad, Ismail, Hina, Tulsi, Rani, Mehmood, Nasir, Laeeq, Syed Muddasir, Hassan Luck, Nasir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8572475/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34765358
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18593

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8572475/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34765358
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18593

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