14.06.2016 | Original Article | Ausgabe 7/2016
MELD-XI Scores Correlate with Post-Fontan Hepatic Biopsy Fibrosis Scores
- Zeitschrift:
- Pediatric Cardiology > Ausgabe 7/2016
- Autoren:
- William N. Evans, Ruben J. Acherman, Michael L. Ciccolo, Sergio A. Carrillo, Alvaro Galindo, Abraham Rothman, Brody J. Winn, Noel S. Yumiaco, Humberto Restrepo
Abstract
We tested the hypothesis that MELD-XI values correlated with hepatic total fibrosis scores obtained in 70 predominately stable, post-Fontan patients that underwent elective cardiac catheterization. We found a statistically significant correlation between MELD-XI values and total fibrosis scores (p = 0.003). Thus, serial MELD-XI values may be an additional useful clinical parameter for follow-up care in post-Fontan patients.
