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Acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) elastography in a cohort of alpha-1 antitrypsin-deficient individuals and healthy volunteers.
Acta Radiologica Open 2018 April
Background: Acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) elastography has been used to assess liver stiffness non-invasively. However, its usefulness in alpha-1 antitripsin-deficient (AATD) individuals is unknown.
Purpose: To assess if liver fibrosis is present in a cohort of AATD individuals using ARFI elastography.
Material and Methods: Eighty-three participants aged 38-39 years, except for two who were aged 40 years, underwent ultrasound elastography of the liver with ARFI technique. Twenty-nine were homozygote ZZ genotype, PiZZ (14 men, 15 women); 12 were SZ genotype, Pi SZ (8 men, 4 women), and 42 were healthy volunteers, PiMM (16 men, 26 women). Three specific liver anatomical regions were examined: segments 2/3 (left lobe) in the subcostal plane, and 5/6 and 7/8 (right lobe) in the intercostal space. In each region, three measurements were registered.
Results: There was no statistically significant difference between ARFI-median in the AATD group and the control group ( P value = 0.877) and neither between AATD groups (PiZZ and PiSZ) with a P value = 0.259. The ARFI-median was lower in the right liver lobe than in the left lobe in all groups and the difference between both lobes was statistically significant ( P = 0.001). No statistically significant difference was found in ARFI-median of the right liver lobe between the AATD group and the control group ( P = 0.759), nor between the AATD group ( P = 0.384). No gender difference was found in ARFI-median.
Conclusions: ARFI values in AATD individuals aged 38-39 years showed no difference compare to healthy participants.
Purpose: To assess if liver fibrosis is present in a cohort of AATD individuals using ARFI elastography.
Material and Methods: Eighty-three participants aged 38-39 years, except for two who were aged 40 years, underwent ultrasound elastography of the liver with ARFI technique. Twenty-nine were homozygote ZZ genotype, PiZZ (14 men, 15 women); 12 were SZ genotype, Pi SZ (8 men, 4 women), and 42 were healthy volunteers, PiMM (16 men, 26 women). Three specific liver anatomical regions were examined: segments 2/3 (left lobe) in the subcostal plane, and 5/6 and 7/8 (right lobe) in the intercostal space. In each region, three measurements were registered.
Results: There was no statistically significant difference between ARFI-median in the AATD group and the control group ( P value = 0.877) and neither between AATD groups (PiZZ and PiSZ) with a P value = 0.259. The ARFI-median was lower in the right liver lobe than in the left lobe in all groups and the difference between both lobes was statistically significant ( P = 0.001). No statistically significant difference was found in ARFI-median of the right liver lobe between the AATD group and the control group ( P = 0.759), nor between the AATD group ( P = 0.384). No gender difference was found in ARFI-median.
Conclusions: ARFI values in AATD individuals aged 38-39 years showed no difference compare to healthy participants.
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