Publication Name	World Journal of Hepatology
Manuscript ID	16259
Country	Romania

Received	2015-01-07 08:43
Peer-Review Started	2015-01-08 20:04
To Make the First Decision	2015-02-07 14:46
Return for Revision	2015-02-12 10:45
Revised	2015-02-22 18:14
Second Decision	2015-04-10 18:13
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief	2015-04-13 18:18
Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief	2015-04-20 14:21
Articles in Press	2015-04-20 14:22
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Publish the Manuscript Online	2015-06-29 17:40

ISSN	1948-5182 (online)
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Category	Infectious Diseases
Manuscript Type	Editorial
Article Title	Liver ultrasound elastography: More than staging the disease
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	George S Gherlan
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author	George S Gherlan, MD, PhD, “Dr. Victor Babes” Center for Diagnostics and Treatment, 281 Mihai Bravu Street, 030303 Bucharest, Romania. gherlanus@gmail.com
Key Words	Liver ultrasound elastography; Transient elastography; Fibrosis; Hepatitis; Survival; Cirrhosis
Core Tip	In this editorial I brought together data from the literature in the support of the affirmation that liver ultrasound elastography is more than a tool for staging the disease, that it can also be used to predict the presence of the complications of cirrhosis: portal hypertension, presence of esophageal varices (and even their risk of bleeding), ascites and hepatocellular carcinoma. Studies shown that liver elastography can predict the progression of liver fibrosis and also the survival (hepatic events - free) of the patients with chronic liver diseases, being therefore a helpful tool in the hands of a skilled clinician.
Publish Date	2015-06-29 17:40
Citation	Gherlan GS. Liver ultrasound elastography: More than staging the disease. World J Hepatol 2015; 7(12): 1595-1600
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1948-5182/full/v7/i12/1595.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.4254/wjh.v7.i12.1595

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