作者: Laurent Castéra , Brigitte Le Bail , Françoise Roudot-Thoraval , Pierre-Henri Bernard , Juliette Foucher
DOI: 10.1016/J.JHEP.2008.08.018
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摘要: Background/Aims To assess prospectively the accuracy of transient elastography (TE, FibroScan) for detection cirrhosis and oesophageal varices (OV) in chronic hepatitis C (CHC), as compared with currently available non-invasive methods (AST/ALT ratio (AAR), APRI, prothrombin index (PI), platelet count (PC), FibroTest (FT) Lok index). Methods All tests were performed day liver biopsy (LB), taken reference, 298 consecutive CHC patients (cirrhosis: 70; Child-Pugh A: OV: 25). Results TE had best diagnostic (AUROCs: 0.96 vs. FT 0.82, APRI 0.80, PC 0.79, PI 0.73, AAR 0.61, respectively; p Conclusions is most accurate method early (cut-off: 12.5kPa), other methods, but cannot replace endoscopy OV screening.