Decreasing Liver Stiffness Following Pericardiectomy for Constrictive Pericarditis
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Decreasing Liver Stiffness Following Pericardiectomy for Constrictive Pericarditis.
A 29-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for further examination of elevated liver enzymes, hepatosplenomegaly, thrombocytopenia and pericardial/pleural effusions. Fibroscan (EchoSens, Paris, France) and supersonic shear imaging (Aixplorer Supersonic Imagine, Aixen-Provence, France) revealed increased liver stiffness, consistent with cirrhosis (Picture A). A liver biopsy was performed and...
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عنوان ژورنال: Internal Medicine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0918-2918,1349-7235
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.54.4961