| Improvements in liver diseases evaluation using transient elastography for obese patients. | |
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PMID: 18529322 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Transient elastography (Fibroscan((R)), Echosens, Paris, France) is a non invasive and rapid technique used to assess liver fibrosis by measuring liver stiffness. Clinical interest of liver stiffness measurement using Fibroscan((R)) has been demonstrated for chronic liver diseases in adult patients. Clinically, the liver stiffness evaluation can be tricky in obese patients due to their large subcutaneous fat thickness. Obesity is a growing public health concern which requires dedicated liver evaluation procedures due to the patients' morphology andor the specific diseases associated with obesity. Our study aims to show how Fibroscan((R)) can adapt for liver diseases evaluation in obese patients. Clinical adaptations dedicated to over-weighted patients are shown: ultrasound guidance procedure, development of a dedicated probe for patients with a large subcutaneous fat thickness, development of new algorithms based on attenuation of both ultrasonic and shear waves. Performance is assessed and clinical interest of each adaptation is discussed in over-weighted, obese and morbid obese patients (body mass index greater than 25). These new procedures dedicated to obese patients improve liver diseases assessment using Fibroscan((R)). |
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Magali Sasso; Veronique Miette; Laurent Sandrin |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Volume: 123 ISSN: 1520-8524 ISO Abbreviation: J. Acoust. Soc. Am. Publication Date: 2008 May |
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Created Date: 2008-06-05 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7503051 Medline TA: J Acoust Soc Am Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 3000 Citation Subset: IM |
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Echosens, R&D department, 153 avenue d'Italie, 75013 Paris, France, magali.sasso@echosens.com. |
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