Spleen stiffness measured by transient elastography accurately predicts esophageal varices in liver cirrhosis

MeSH terms

• Elasticity Imaging Techniques*
• Esophageal and Gastric Varices / diagnosis*
• Female
• Hepatitis C / complications*
• Humans
• Hypertension, Portal / diagnosis*
• Liver / pathology*
• Liver Cirrhosis / virology*
• Male
• Spleen / pathology*
• Splenomegaly / diagnosis*