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Abstract: Objective To evaluate the diagnostic value of liver stif fness measurement (LSM) and spleen stif fness measurement (SSM) measured by magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) for severe portal hypertension (SPH) and high-risk varices (HRV) in patients with liver cirrhosis. Methods Patients with cirrhotic portal hypertension who underwent hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) measurement at Liver Research Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University from December 2019 and April 2023 were enrolled in this prospective study. All patients underwent electronic gastroscopy and MRE examination within one week after HVPG measurement to obtain MRE-LSM and MRE-SSM value. Spearman correlation analysis was used to assess the correlations between variables. The diagnostic value of MRE-LSM and MRE-SSM for SPH and HRV were evaluated by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve, and the optimal cut-of f values were determined by the Youden index. Univariate and multiple linear regression were used to analyze the infl uencing factors of MRE-SSM. Results Total of 101 patients were enrolled, and the level of HVPG was (17.9 ± 6.13) mmHg. Spearman correlation analysis showed that both MRE-SSM and MRELSM were positively correlated with HVPG (rs = 0.363, P < 0.001; rs = 0.203, P = 0.041), and as HVPG increased, both MRE-LSM and MRE-SSM showed an increasing trend. The area under the ROC curve of MRE-SSM and MRE-LSM for diagnosing SPH was 0.851 and 0.789, respectively, with no statistically signif icant dif ference (Z = 0.622, P = 0.534). The corresponding diagnostic cut-of f values were 10.0 kPa and 4.5 kPa, respectively. MRE-SSM was positively correlated with HRV (r = 0.471, P < 0.001), whereas MRE-LSM showed no correlation with HRV (r = - 0.031, P = 0.758). The diagnostic performance of MRE-SSM for HRV was signif icantly superior to that of MRE-LSM (area under the ROC curve: 0.808 vs. 0.522; Z = 2.915, P = 0.004). Multiple linear regression analysis showed that platelet count was an independent infl uencing factor of MRE-SSM (β = - 0.021, 95%CI: - 0.030~- 0.011, P < 0.001). Conclusions MRE-SSM was closely associated with both HVPG and HRV, and demonstrated good diagnostic performance for SPH and HRV. Compared to MRE-LSM, MRE-SSM showed a superior capability in identifying HRV, suggesting its potential as an ef fective non-invasive tool for assessing portal hypertension and its complications.
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