Estimating liver function in a large cirrhotic cohort: Signal intensity of gadolinium-ethoxybenzyl-diethylenetriamine penta-acetic acid-enhanced MRI.

Affiliation

School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milan-Bicocca, Monza, Italy; Department of Surgery, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy. Electronic address: [Email]

Abstract

To assess whether gadolinium-ethoxybenzyl-diethylenetriamine penta-acetic acid-enhanced MRI study is useful to estimate liver function in comparison to the presence or absence of cirrhosis, Child Pugh (CP), Model for End-stage Liver Disease (MELD), ALBI scores and biochemical test.

Keywords

Gadolinium-ethoxybenzyl-diethylenetriamine penta-acetic acid-enhanced MRI,Liver cirrhosis,Liver function test,Magnetic resonance imaging,