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SUBMITTER: Carbonell G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6532896 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Carbonell Guillermo G Berná-Serna Juan de Dios JD Oltra Lidia L Martínez Carlos M CM Garcia-Carrillo Nuria N Guzmán-Aroca Florentina F Salazar Francisco Javier FJ Tudela José J Berná-Mestre Juan de Dios JD
PloS one 20190523 5
<h4>Objective</h4>The aim of this study was to compare in vivo vs ex vivo liver stiffness in rats with acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) elastography using the histological findings as the gold standard.<h4>Methods</h4>Eighteen male Wistar rats aged 16-18 months were divided into a control group (n = 6) and obese group (n = 12). Liver stiffness was measured with shear wave velocity (SWV) using the ARFI technique both in vivo and ex vivo. The degree of fibrosis, steatosis and liver inflamma ...[more]