Assessment of liver pathogenesis by MR elastography in chronic liver diseases

Conditions

Patients with chronic liver diseases

Imajo K, Saigusa Y, Kobayashi T, Nagai K, Nishida S, Kawamura N, Doi H, Iwaki M, Nogami A, Honda Y, Kessoku T, Ogawa Y, Kirikoshi H, Kokubu S, Utsunomiya D, Takahashi H, Aishima S, Sumida Y, Saito S, Yoneda M, Dennis A, Kin S, Andersson A, Nakajima A.

2024-12-051 citations

10.1007/s00330-024-11215-3

M‐PAST score is better than MAST score for the diagnosis of active fibrotic nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

Kento Imajo, Yusuke Saigusa, Takashi Kobayashi, Koki Nagai, Shin’ya Nishida et al. (26 authors)

Hepatology Research2023-05-276 citations

10.1111/hepr.13927

Magnetic Resonance Imaging More Accurately Classifies Steatosis and Fibrosis in Patients With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Than Transient Elastography

Kento Imajo, Takaomi Kessoku, Yasushi Honda, Wataru Tomeno, Yuji Ogawa et al. (18 authors)

Gastroenterology2015-12-12784 citations

10.1053/j.gastro.2015.11.048

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients who are scheduled to undergo liver biopsy or hepatectomy at our institution, provide a written informed consent, and do not meet the below exclusion criteria.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients with anti-coagulation therapy 2. MRI examination is impossible (ex. Installation of pacemaker, claustrophobia) 3. Pregnant patients 4. In the opinion of the investigator, patient is unsuitable as a study subject.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
To assess whether MR elastography is useful for diagnosis of liver inflammation and fibrosis in patients with chronic liver diseases.	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactKento Imajo

Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine Division of Gastroenterology

kento318@yohohama-cu.ac.jp045-787-2640

Outcome results