Real time shear wave elastography in chronic liver diseases: Accuracy for predicting liver fibrosis, in comparison with serum markers

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World Journal of Gastroenterology

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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 14, 2014; 20(38): 13920-13929
Published online Oct 14, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i38.13920

Real time shear wave elastography in chronic liver diseases: Accuracy for predicting liver fibrosis, in comparison with serum markers

Jae Yoon Jeong, Tae Yeob Kim, Joo Hyun Sohn, Yongsoo Kim, Woo Kyoung Jeong, Young-Ha Oh, Kyo-Sang Yoo

Jae Yoon Jeong, Tae Yeob Kim, Joo Hyun Sohn, Kyo-Sang Yoo, Department of Gastroenterology, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul 133-791, South Korea

Joo Hyun Sohn, Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang Univesity Guri Hospital, Guri 471-701, South Korea

Yongsoo Kim, Department of Radiology, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul 133-791, South Korea

Woo Kyoung Jeong, Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 135-710, South Korea

Young-Ha Oh, Department of Pathology, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul 133-791, South Korea

Author contributions: Jeong JY, Kim TY and Sohn JH were responsible for the conception and design of the study and the development of the methodology; Kim TY, Sohn JH and Yoo K were responsible for the acquisition of data; Kim Y and Jeong WK were responsible for the radiological analysis; Oh Y was responsible for the pathological analysis; Jeong JY, Kim TY and Sohn JH were responsible for the analysis and interpretation of data, as well as the writing review and revision of this manuscript; Jeong JY and Kim TY have contributed equally to this work as co-first authors.

Supported by Research fund of the Hanyang University, No. HY-2010-G

Correspondence to: Joo Hyun Sohn, MD, PhD, Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang Univesity Guri Hospital, 153 Gyeongchun-ro, Guri 471-701, South Korea. sonjh@hanyang.ac.kr

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Received: January 7, 2014
Revised: March 7, 2014
Accepted: April 28, 2014
Published online: October 14, 2014

Core Tip

Core tip: This study showed that liver stiffness measurement by real time shear wave elastography was highly accurate to predict the biopsy-proven significant and advanced liver fibrosis and its accuracy was comparable with that of serum markers of hyaluronic acid and type IV collagen.