Laura Girardi Compares US, CT and MRI in Portal Vein Thrombosis
Laura Girardi, Clinical and Research Thrombosis Fellow at The Ottawa Hospital, shared on LinkedIn:
”Out now
First meta-analysis providing pooled sensitivities and specificities of the main non-invasive techniques for diagnosis of portal vein thrombosis (PVT), derived from comparison with gold standard invasive procedures (angiography or surgery/pathology) used as reference.
Ultrasound (US), computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrate comparable accuracy for PVT diagnosis, with high specificity across modalities.
Based on the obtained pooled sensitivities and specificities, we computed three Bayesian models simulating the work-up of PVT in case of a low (1% – abdominal pain), intermediate (15% – liver cirrhosis), or high (30% – hepatocarcinoma) clinical pre-test probability of PVT.
Check our stepwise integrated diagnostic approach for PVT through the personalized URL attached, which provides 50 days of free access to the article!
Thanks again to my supervisor Aurelien Delluc for this amazing opportunity!”
Read the full article here.
Article: Diagnostic performance of ultrasound, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging in portal vein thrombosis: A systematic review with meta-analysis
Authors: Laura Girardi, Farah Zarka, Michelle Pradier, Sarah Visintini, Mattia Poletti, Grégoire Le Gal, Tzu-Fei Wang, Aurélien Delluc
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