Diagnostic Methods for Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension

Introduction.- Cirrhosis and portal hypertension: natural history and prognosis.-Part I:Gold-standard invasive diagnostic methods.- Liver Biopsy.- Hepatic venous pressure measurement.- Endoscopy.- Part 2: non-invasive diagnostic methods.- Non-invasive serum markers of fibrosis.- Ultrasound elastography: general and technical overview.- Liver stiffness by ultrasound (transient) elastography.- Spleen stiffness by ultrasound elastography.- Magnetic resonance elastography.- Imaging: ultrasound and Doppler ultrasound.- Contrast-enhanced ultrasound and dynamic contrast-enhanced ultrasound.- Subharmonic aided pressure estimation (SHAPE).- Endoscopic ultrasound.- Computerised Tomography.- Magnetic resonance imaging (including dynamic flow assessment).- Part 3: invasive and non-invasive diagnostic methods in special conditions Budd-Chiari Syndrome.- Portal vein thrombosis andExtrahepatic portal vein obstruction- An Asian and Global Perspective.- Idiopathic portal hypertension.- Rendu-Osler disease and Artero-venous fistulae.- Pediatric population.

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