Clinical application of transient elastography in liver cirrhosis and its complications
10.3969/j.issn.1001-5256.2020.06.037
- VernacularTitle:瞬时弹性成像技术在肝硬化及其并发症中的应用
- Author:
Linxiang LIU
1
;
Yuan NIE
;
Xuan ZHU
Author Information
1. Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University & Jiangxi Institute of Digestive Diseases, Nanchang 330006, China
- Publication Type:Research Article
- Keywords:
liver cirrhosis;
elasticity imaging techniques;
hypertension, portal;
esophageal and gastric varices
- From:
Journal of Clinical Hepatology
2020;36(6):1362-1365
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Liver cirrhosis is a pathological stage in which most chronic liver diseases progress to the advanced stages, and the main complications of liver cirrhosis include portal hypertension, gastroesophageal variceal bleeding, and liver cancer. Transient elastography (TE) uses acoustic waves to obtain liver stiffness measurement (LSM) noninvasively and is currently widely used in clinical practice. At present, various studies on LSM and liver cirrhosis and its complications suggest that TE has the ability to identify liver cirrhosis and its complications and can thus reduce unnecessary invasive procedures to a certain degree. This article summarizes and elaborates on the advances in the clinical application of TE in liver cirrhosis and its complications.
