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Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Imaging (ARFI) in Patients After Liver Transplantation

NCT01664780 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2012-08-14

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Summary

Aims: Prospective evaluation of the applicability of acoustic radiation force impulse(ARFI) imaging to assess liver fibrosis in patients after orthotopic liver transplantation.

Material and methods: We prospectively assess the performance of ARFI imaging in planned 100 patients after orthotopic liver transplantation. We evaluate shear wave velocity of the left and right liver lobe with the convex array (6C1HD)ultrasound transducer and compare the results with clinical data and B-mode criteria.

ARFI elastometry is an increasingly popular non-invasive method for the assessment of hepatic fibrosis and cirrhosis. To date, ARFI technology has not been applied systematically in patients after orthotopic liver transplantation. Therefore we want to establish standard values in this population.

Conditions

  • Liver Transplantation

Interventions

DEVICE

ARFI imaging

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Erlangen-Nürnberg Medical School

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Dane Wildner, MD · Dep. of Medicine 1, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-05-31
Primary Completion
2014-12-31
Completion
2014-12-31

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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