Shear wave elastography reveals a high prevalence of liver fibrosis in overweight or obese Hispanic youth
Sanjeet Sandhu/ Carisse Orsi/ Gary L. Francis/ Zhu Wang/ Roman Fernandez/ Naim Alkhouri
Abstract Background: Obesity, prediabetes, and type 2 diabetes are risk factors for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Inflammation and hepatocellular damage associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease lead to progressive non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, fibrosis and cirrhosis. Current tests to identify fibrosis (liver biopsy) are invasive and not conducive to serial examination. For that reason, we used the newer technique of shear wave elastogrophy (SWE) to detect fibrosis in overweight or o(..)
DOI: 10.15557/JoU.2020.0027
Published Online: 28-September-2020