Acoustic radiation force impulse elastography and serum fibrosis markers in chronic hepatitis C

References

• European Association for the Study of the Liver. EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines: management of hepatitis C virus infection. J Hepatol 2011;55:245–64.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Diament D. Epidemiological aspects of hepatitis C in Brazil. Braz J Infect Dis 2007;11:6–7.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Baranova A, Lall P, Birerdinc A, Younossi ZM. Non-invasive markers for hepatic fibrosis. BMC Gastroenterol 2011;11:91–8.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bravo AA, Sheth SG, Chopra S. Liver biopsy. N Engl J Med 2001;344:495–500.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sebastiani G. Non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis in chronic liver diseases: implementation in clinical practice and decisional algorithms. World J Gastroenterol 2009;15:2190–203.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Duarte-Rojo A, Altamirano JT, Feld JJ. Noninvasive markers of fibrosis: key concepts for improving accuracy in daily clinical practices. Ann Hepatol 2012;11:426–38.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Westin J, Lagging LM, Wejstal R, Norkans G, Dhillon AP. Interobserver study of liver histology using the Ishak score in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection. Liver 1999;19:183–7.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Regev A, Berho M, Jeffers LJ, Milikowski C, Molina EG, Pyrsopoulos NT, et al. Sampling error and intraobserver variation in liver biopsy in patients with chronic HCV infection. Am J Gastroenterol 2002;97:2614–18.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ladero JM. Noninvasive evaluation of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Hepat Mon 2011;11:698–700.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Castera L. Non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C. Hepatol Int 2011;5:625–34.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Poynard T, Ngo Y, Perazzo H, Munteanu M, Lebray P, Moussalli J, et al. Prognostic value of liver fibrosis biomarkers: a meta-analysis. Gastroenterol Hepatol 2011;7:445–54.
   Google Scholar
• Palmeri ML, Nightingale KR. What challenges must be overcome before ultrasound elasticity imaging is ready for the clinic? Imaging Med 2011;3:433–44.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Degos F, Perez P, Roche B, Mahmoudi A, Asselineau J, Voitot H, et al. Diagnostic accuracy of FibroScan and comparison to liver fibrosis biomarkers in chronic viral hepatitis: a multicenter prospective study. J Hepatol 2010;53:1013–21.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Huwart L, Sempoux C, Vicaut E, Salameh N, Annet L, Danse E, et al. Magnetic resonance elastography for the non invasive staging of liver fibrosis. Gastroenterology 2008;135:32–40.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rifai K, Cornberg J, Mederacke I, Bahr MJ, Wedemeyer H, Malinski P, et al. Clinical feasibility of liver elastography by acoustic radiation force impulse imaging (ARFI). Dig Liver Dis 2011;43:491–7.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Takahashi H, Ono N, Eguchi Y, Eguchi T, Kitajima Y, Kawaguchi Y, et al. Evaluation of acoustic radiation force impulse elastography for fibrosis staging of chronic liver disease: a pilot study. Liver Int 2010;30:538–45.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kuroda H, Kakisaka K, Tatemichi Y, Sawara K, Miyamoto Y, Oikawa K, et al. Non-invasive evaluation of liver fibrosis using acoustic radiation force impulse imaging in chronic hepatitis patients with hepatitis C virus infection. Hepatogastroenterology 2010;57:1203–7.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• The French METAVIR Cooperative Study Group. Intraobserver and interobserver variations in liver biopsy interpretation in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Hepatology 1994;20:15–20.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Guha IN, Myers RP, Patel K, Talwalkar JA. Biomarkers of liver fibrosis: what lies beneath the receiver operating characteristic curve? Hepatology 2011;54:1454–62.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Crisan D, Radu C, Lupsor M, Sparchez Z, Grigorescu MD, Grigorescu M. Two or more synchronous combination of noninvasive tests to increase accuracy of liver fibrosis assessement in chronic hepatitis C; results from a cohort of 446 patients. Hepat Mon 2012;12:177–84.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Silva Junior RG, Fakhouri R, do Nascimento TVB, Santos IM, Barbosa LMM. Aspartate aminotransferase-to-platelet ratio index for fibrosis and cirrhosis prediction in chronic hepatitis C patients. Braz J Infect Dis 2008;12:15–19.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lin ZH, Xin YN, Dong QJ, Wang Q, Jiang XJ, Zhan SH, et al. Performance of the aspartate aminotransferase-to-platelet ratio index for the staging of hepatitis C-related fibrosis: an updated meta-analysis. Hepatology 2011;53:726–36.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Forns X, Ampurdanès S, Llovet JM, Aponte J, Quintó L, Martínez-Bauer E, et al. Identification of chronic hepatitis C patients without hepatic fibrosis by a simple predictive model. Hepatology 2002;36:986–92.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bota S, Sirli R, Sporea I, Focsa M, Popescu A, Danila M, et al. A new scoring system for prediction of fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C. Hepat Mon 2011;11:548–55.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Vallet-Pichard A, Mallet V, Nalpas B, Verkarre V, Nalpas A, Dhalluin-Venier V, et al. FIB-4: an inexpensive and accurate marker of fibrosis in HCV infection. Comparison with liver biopsy and fibrotest. Hepatology 2007;46:32–6.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Adler M, Gulbis B, Moreno C, Evrard S, Verset G, Golstein P, et al. The predictive value of FIB-4 versus FibroTest, APRI, FibroIndex and Forns index to noninvasively estimate fibrosis in hepatitis C and nonhepatitis C liver diseases. Hepatology 2008;47:762–3.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cross TJS, Rizzi P, Berry PA, Bruce M, Portmann B, Harrison PM. King's Score: an accurate marker of cirrhosis in chronic hepatitis C. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2008;21:730–8.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Yap WW, Kirke R, Yoshida EM, Owen D, Harris AC. Non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis using ARFI with pathological correlation, a prospective study. Ann Hepatol 2013;12:608–15.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fierbinteanu-Braticevici C, Andronescu D, Usvat R, Cretoiu D, Baicus C, Marinoschi G. Acoustic radiation force imaging sonoelastography for noninvasive staging of liver fibrosis. World J Gastroenterol 2009;15:5525–32.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sporea I, Sirli R, Bota S, Fierbinţeanu-Braticevici C, Petrişor A, Badea R, et al. Is ARFI elastography reliable for predicting fibrosis severity in chronic HCV hepatitis? World J Radiol 2011;3:188–93.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Rizzo L, Calvaruso V, Cacopardo B, Alessi N, Attanasio M, Petta S, et al. Comparison of Transient Elastography and Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse for Non-Invasive Staging of Liver Fibrosis in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C. Am J Gastroenterol 2011;106:2112–20.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Friedrich-Rust M, Wunder K, Kriener S, Sotoudeh F, Richter S, Bojunga J, et al. Liver fibrosis in viral hepatitis: noninvasive assessment with acoustic radiation force impulse imaging versus transient elastography. Radiology 2009;252:595–604.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sporea I, Bota S, Peck-Radosavljevic M, Sirli R, Tanaka H, Iijima H, et al. Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse elastography for fibrosis evaluation in patients with chronic hepatitis C: an international multicenter study. Eur J Radiol 2012;81:4112–18.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Friedrich-Rust M, Nierhoff J, Lupsor M, Sporea I, Fierbinteanu-Braticevici C, Strobel D, et al. Acoustic radiation force impulseimaging for non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis: a pooled meta-analysis. J Viral Hepat 2012;19:212–19.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sheng-Hung C, Yu-Fen L, Hsueh-Chou L, Jung-Ta K, Cheng-Yuan P, Po-Heng C, et al. Effects of patient factors on noninvasive liver stiffness measurement using acoustic radiation force impulse elastography in patients with chronic hepatitis C. BMC Gastroenterol 2012;12:105–17.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Yoon KT, Lim SM, Park JY, Kim do Y, Ahn SH, Han KH, et al. Liver stiffness measurement using Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (ARFI) elastography and effect of necroinflammation. Dig Dis Sci 2012;57:1682–91.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar