A New Sampling Method for Spleen Stiffness Measurement Based on Quantitative Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Elastography for Noninvasive Assessment of Esophageal Varices in Newly Diagnosed HCV-Related Cirrhosis
Figure 3
Distribution of spleen stiffness median values measured by Quantitative Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Elastography (VTTQ) among healthy controls, CHC patients and cirrhotic patients with or without esophageal varices (EV). Splenic stiffness (SS) was significantly higher among cirrhotic patients with EV (3.37 m/s) in comparison with controls (2.19 m/s, ), CHC patients (2.37 m/s, ), and cirrhotic patients without EV (2.7 m/s, ). Moreover, SS was significantly higher among cirrhotic patients without EV in comparison with both controls () and CHC patients ().
