Open AccessMagnetic Resonance Elastography and Biomarkers to Assess Fibrosis From Recurrent Hepatitis C in Liver Transplant Recipients
Author(s) -
Victoria S. Lee,
Frank H. Miller,
Reed A. Omary,
Yichuan Wang,
Daniel Ganger,
Edward Wang,
Sambasiva Rao,
Josh Levitsky
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/tp.0b013e31822805fa
Subject(s) - magnetic resonance elastography , receiver operating characteristic , medicine , gastroenterology , magnetic resonance imaging , fibrosis , stage (stratigraphy) , liver transplantation , alanine aminotransferase , cutoff , liver fibrosis , hepatocellular carcinoma , elastography , area under the curve , hepatitis c , hepatitis c virus , transplantation , radiology , ultrasound , immunology , virus , biology , paleontology , physics , quantum mechanics
Imaging techniques evaluating liver stiffness (magnetic resonance elastography [MRE]) and biomarkers may be useful indicators of fibrosis stage in hepatitis C virus (HCV)+patients. Our aim was to compare the accuracy of MRE and biomarkers in staging fibrosis because of recurrent HCV in liver transplant (LT) recipients with hepatocellular carcinoma.