Open AccessSpleen Stiffness Differentiates Between Acute and Chronic Liver Damage and Predicts Hepatic Decompensation
Author(s) -
P Meister,
Alexander Dechêne,
Matthias Buechter,
Julia Kälsch,
Guido Gerken,
Ali Canbay,
Christoph Jochum
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of clinical gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.141
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1539-2031
pISSN - 0192-0790
DOI - 10.1097/mcg.0000000000001044
Subject(s) - medicine , decompensation , gastroenterology , liver damage , cohort , spleen
Spleen stiffness (SS) correlates with liver stiffness (LS) and hepatic venous pressure gradient. The latter is currently the most accurate predictor of hepatic decompensation. Our study aims to check whether SS has a similar predictive capability, while being an easy-to-perform noninvasive test in a real-life patient cohort.