Spleen stiffness determined by spleen-dedicated device accurately predicted esophageal varices in cirrhosis patients

• Asıl Yazarlar: Jiqing Liu (Yazar), Hangfei Xu (Yazar), Weiyuan Liu (Yazar), Hongmei Zu (Yazar), Huiguo Ding (Yazar), Fankun Meng (Yazar), Jing Zhang (Yazar)
• Materyal Türü: Kitap
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: SAGE Publishing, 2023-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Konular: article
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Background: The advantages of spleen stiffness in prediction of high-risk varices (HRV) in cirrhosis patients have been confirmed. Recently, a new device utilizing a 100 Hz probe dedicated to spleen stiffness measurement (SSM) was developed. Objectives: To validate the clinical applicability of SSM@...