Diagnostic accuracy of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in monitoring vascular complications in patients after liver transplantation - diagnostic performance compared with histopathological results

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation
J RübenthalerD A Clevert

Abstract

To analyse the diagnostic performance of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in patients with vascular complications and transplant rejection compared to histopathological results. Our study consisted of 45 retrospectively analysed patients that underwent liver transplantations between January 1993 and December 2015 and developed post-transplant vascular complications with transplant rejection. CEUS examinations took place between September 2006 and December 2015. CEUS findings were correlated with histopathological results. CEUS showed a sensitivity of 61.5%, a specificity of 100.0%, a positive predictive value (PPV) of 100.0% and a negative predictive value (NPV) of 86,5% in the detection of vascular complications with post-transplant rejection. 5 examinations were reported as normal whereas the histopathological result showed a transplant rejection (false-negative). CEUS might be a useful additional non-invasive technique for the assessment of vascular complications with post-transplant rejection in patients after liver transplantation.

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Citations

Dec 19, 2017·Frontiers in Physiology·Bruno ChristNavina Waschinsky
Apr 29, 2018·Der Radiologe·K Müller-PeltzerD A Clevert
Jun 18, 2019·Liver Transplantation : Official Publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society·Jin Sil KimSung Gyu Lee
May 21, 2017·Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation·Ernst-Michael JungHui-Xiong Xu
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