Open AccessTwo-Dimensional Shear Wave Elastography Predicts Liver Fibrosis in Jaundiced Infants with Suspected Biliary Atresia: A Prospective Study
Author(s) -
Huadong Chen,
Luyao Zhou,
Bing Liao,
Qinghua Cao,
Hong Jiang,
Wenying Zhou,
Guotao Wang,
Xian-Jin Xie
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
korean journal of radiology/korean journal of radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.08
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 2005-8330
pISSN - 1229-6929
DOI - 10.3348/kjr.2020.0885
Subject(s) - medicine , biliary atresia , liver fibrosis , elastography , prospective cohort study , gastroenterology , radiology , fibrosis , ultrasound , liver transplantation , transplantation
This study aimed to evaluate the role of preoperative two-dimensional (2D) shear wave elastography (SWE) in assessing the stages of liver fibrosis in patients with suspected biliary atresia (BA) and compared its diagnostic performance with those of serum fibrosis biomarkers.