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

• मुख्य लेखकों: Jiqing Liu (लेखक), Hangfei Xu (लेखक), Weiyuan Liu (लेखक), Hongmei Zu (लेखक), Huiguo Ding (लेखक), Fankun Meng (लेखक), Jing Zhang (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: SAGE Publishing, 2023-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: 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@...