Publications by authors named "Oana Stancu"
Article Synopsis
- Nailfold capillaroscopy is a test that checks small blood vessels in the fingers to see how well they're working, especially in people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
- People with RA have a higher chance of heart problems, so the study looked at how their small blood vessels were doing before and after a year of treatment with a specific medicine called anti TNF-alpha.
- The results showed that after the treatment, the small blood vessels in RA patients worked better, which means the medicine helped improve their condition!
Purpose: Clinically significant portal hypertension (CSPH) is responsible for most of the complications in patients with cirrhosis. Liver stiffness (LS) measurement by vibration-controlled transient elastography (VCTE) is currently used to evaluate CSPH. Bi-dimensional shear wave elastography from General Electric (2D-SWE.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLiver stiffness better predicts portal hypertension after HCV eradication.
J Gastrointestin Liver Dis
June 2018