Background: Fontan-associated liver disease (FALD) refers to structural and functional changes of the liver caused by the physiology of the Fontan palliation. Currently, liver biopsy is the gold standard to assess liver fibrosis of FALD.
Aim: Investigate biomarkers correlating with severity of liver biopsy fibrosis in FALD.
Methods: A retrospective study of post-Fontan patients ≥ 10 years of age who underwent liver biopsy was conducted. Advanced liver disease (ALD) was defined as bridging fibrosis and/or cirrhosis on liver biopsy. AST-to-platelet ratio index (APRI), Fibrosis-4 (FIB-4) and Liver Stiffness Measurement (LSM) from FibroScan were used as non-invasive fibrosis scores.
Results: Sixty-six patients (26/47; 55.3% adults and 13/19 children; 68.4%) had ALD on biopsy. ALD was associated with lower platelet count (151 vs. 198 K/uL, p = 0.003), higher APRI (0.64 vs. 0.32, p = 0.01), higher FIB-4 (0.64 vs. 0.32, p = 0.02). Liver fibrosis score correlated with APRI (0.34, p = 0.02) and FIB-4 (0.47, p = 0.001) in adults. LSM had a high sensitivity at 81.3% with 45.5% specificity at a cut-off 18.5 kPa.
Conclusions: APRI and FIB-4 had modest discrimination to identify adults with advanced liver disease, but not children, indicating that these values may be followed as a marker of FALD progression in older patients.
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