Abstract: Objective To explore the relationship between hemodynamic changes of renal artery measured
by color Doppler ultrasound and fibroscan value in patients with hepatitis B cirrhosis. Methods Total of 182
patients with hepatitis B cirrhosis who were admitted to the Second People’s Hospital of Zhongshan from
January 2011 to March 2015 as well as 150 healthy controls were recruited. The mean renal artery diastolic
minimum blood flow velocity (RAVdmin), renal artery resistance index (RARI) and renal artery pulsatility
index (RAPI) were measured by color Doppler ultrasound. Fibroscan was also carried out. Results The RARI,
RAPI, and Fibroscan values of patients with hepatitis B cirrhosis were 0.85 ± 0.11, 1.94 ± 0.53 and (25.8 ±
7.65) kPa, respectively, and they were significantly higher than those of the control group [0.56 ± 0.28, 0.83 ±
0.08 and (7.5 ± 3.1) kPa] (t = 11.9477, 27.8716, 29.4694; P = 0.041, 0.039, 0.033). The RAVdmin of patients
with hepatitis B cirrhosis [(8.63 ± 1.89) cm/s] were significantly lower than that of the control group [(16.53 ±
2.86) cm/s] (t = 29.0101, P = 0.033). The Fibroscan value was positively correlated with RARI and RAPI (r =
0.64, 0.56; P = 0.00021, 0.00043). Conclusion The liver stiffness assessed by Fibroscan and the hemodynamic
changes of the renal artery measured by color Doppler ultrasound are vitally important for evaluating the
severity of patients with hepatitis B cirrhosis.
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