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Transient elastography may identify Fontan patients with unfavorable hemodynamics and advanced hepatic fibrosis.

Abstract：

BACKGROUND:Transient elastography (TE) offers a noninvasive correlate with the degree of hepatic fibrosis. However, factors other than fibrosis affect liver stiffness. We sought to determine whether hepatic congestion related to hemodynamics in Fontan circulation influences liver stiffness measurement (LSM) assessed by TE. METHODS:We studied 45 subjects with Fontan circulation undergoing cardiac catheterization with or without simultaneous liver biopsy. Subjects underwent TE within 5 days before catheterization. Clinical history, hemodynamic and biopsy data, and hepatic biomarkers were collected. Five subjects who had previously undergone liver biopsy and TE were also included. RESULTS:Median age was 13.1 years (range 2.4-57.8); median time since Fontan was 9.9 years (range 0.1-32.5). No subject had known hepatitis C. Mean LSM for the entire cohort was 21.4 ± 10.8 kPa. Univariate regression analysis using LSM as a continuous outcome variable shows significant correlations with age (R = 0.35, P = .01), time since Fontan (R = 0.41, P = .003), Fontan pressure (R = 0.31, P = .04), cardiac index (R = 0.33, P = .03), pulmonary vascular resistance (R = 0.34, P = .03), systemic arterial oxygen saturation (R = 0.31, P = .04), and platelet count (R = 0.29, P = .05). On multiple regression analysis, Fontan pressure (β = 0.901, P = .03) and cardiac index (β = 2.703, P = .02) were significant predictors of LSM with overall model R(2) = 0.206. Univariate analysis shows LSM to be associated with more severe centrilobular fibrosis (P = .05). CONCLUSIONS:Higher LSM is associated with unfavorable Fontan hemodynamics and advanced centrilobular hepatic fibrosis. TE may be a useful tool for identifying Fontan patients who warrant invasive testing.

journal_name

Congenit Heart Dis

journal_title

Congenital heart disease

authors

Wu FM,Opotowsky AR,Raza R,Harney S,Ukomadu C,Landzberg MJ,Valente AM,Breitbart RE,Singh MN,Gauvreau K,Jonas MM

doi

10.1111/chd.12159

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2014-09-01 00:00:00

pages

438-47

issue

eissn

1747-079X

issn

1747-0803

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Transient elastography may identify Fontan patients with unfavorable hemodynamics and advanced hepatic fibrosis.