Potential utility of a multi-component coagulation factor panel to calculate MELD scores and assess the risk of portal vein thrombosis in chronic liver disease

Potential utility of a multi-component coagulation factor panel to calculate MELD scores and assess the risk of portal vein thrombosis in chronic liver disease

Abstract Background Current quantitative approaches to assess chronic liver disease (CLD) severity have limitations. Further, portal vein thrombosis (PVT) pre-liver transplant (LT) is a major contributor to morbidity in CLD; the means of detecting and/or predicting PVT are limited. We sought to expl...

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Main Authors: Clayton S. Lewis, Khurram Bari, Changchun Xie, Kenneth E. Sherman, Marc Vasse, Patrick Van Dreden, Vladimir Y. Bogdanov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-03-01
Series:BMC Gastroenterology
Subjects:
Liver diseases
Venous thrombosis
Factor V
Factor VIII
Protein C
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12876-023-02695-6

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12876-023-02695-6

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