Increased hepatic stiffness as consequence of high hepatic afterload in the fontan circulation: A vascular doppler and elastography study

• Published in: Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) Vol. 59; no. 1; pp. 251 - 260
• Main Authors: Kutty, Shaija S., Peng, Qinghai, Danford, David A., Fletcher, Scott E., Perry, Deborah, Talmon, Geoffrey A., Scott, Cynthia, Kugler, John D., Duncan, Kim F., Quiros‐Tejeira, Ruben E., Kutty, Shelby
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc 01.01.2014
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Cardiac Catheterization; Case-Control Studies; Child; Child, Preschool; Echocardiography; Elasticity Imaging Techniques; Female; Fontan Procedure - adverse effects; Fontan Procedure - statistics & numerical data; Healthy Volunteers; Humans; Liver - diagnostic imaging; Liver - pathology; Liver Cirrhosis - diagnostic imaging; Liver Cirrhosis - etiology; Liver Cirrhosis - pathology; Male; Prospective Studies; Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex; Young Adult
• ISSN: 0270-9139; 1527-3350; 1527-3350
• DOI: 10.1002/hep.26631

Hepatic dysfunction is a recognized complication after Fontan palliation of congenital heart disease. We sought to quantitatively measure hepatic stiffness and vascular Doppler indices using ultrasound (US) and shear wave elastography (SWE) in a Fontan cohort. Subjects were prospectively recruited f...