TANG Xiaoyan, LIU Xiaoyu, YE Jun, et al. Evaluation on liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B by contrastenhanced ultrasound and shear wave elastography:a comparison study[J]. Journal of Clinical Ultrasound in Medicine, 2020,22(3):229-232.
TANG Xiaoyan, LIU Xiaoyu, YE Jun, et al. Evaluation on liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B by contrastenhanced ultrasound and shear wave elastography:a comparison study[J]. Journal of Clinical Ultrasound in Medicine, 2020,22(3):229-232. DOI: 10.16245/j.cnki.issn1008-6978.2020.03.027.
Objective To explore the application value of contrast-enhanced ultrasound(CEUS)and shear waveelastography(SWE)in evaluating liver fibrosis for chronic hepatitis B(CHB)patients.MethodsA total of 120 CHB patientsunderwent liver needle biopsy were enrolled in this study.According to biopsy results
they were divided into non-fibrosisgroup(S0 stage
18 cases)
liver fibrosis group(S1~S3 stage
73 cases)and cirrhosis group(S4 stage
29 cases).The hepaticarteriovenous transit time(HAVTT1 and HAVTT2)and liver elasticity measurement value in each group were obtained by CEUSand SWE.ResultsWith the degree of liver fibrosis increasing
HAVTT1 and HAVTT2 were gradually shortened
and liverelasticity measurement value was gradually increased. There were significant differences in HAVTT1
HAVTT2 and liverelasticity between the non-fibrosis group
fibrosis group and cirrhosis group(all P<0.05).ROC curve analysis showed that areasunder the curve(AUC)of HAVTT1 and HAVTT2 in diagnosis of liver fibrosis and cirrhosis were 0.870
0.851 and 0.889
0.856
respectively.The areas under the curve for liver fibrosis and liver cirrhosis measured by liver elasticity values were 0.953 and0.898
respectively.The diagnostic efficiency of liver elasticity measurement value was significantly better than that of HAVTT1 and HAVTT2(both P<0.05).ConclusionThe liver elasticity value obtained by SWE is superior to CEUS in the diagnosis of liverfibrosis and cirrhosis in patients with CHB.