The main objective of the study is to evaluate the diagnostic performance of the XL probe for estimating degree of liver fibrosis/cirrhosis in obese patients \> 28 kg/m² with various liver diseases in patients with chronic liver disease scheduled for a liver biopsy.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
300
Each patient undergo two liver stiffness measurements with the FibroScan: once with the M probe and once with the XL probe
Calgary University Hospital
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
London University Hospital
London, Ontario, Canada
Toronto Western General Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Toronto Liver Centre
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
diagnosis accuracy for the assement of significant fibrosis and cirrhosis
Time frame: at enrollement
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Saint-Luc University
Montreal, Quebec, Canada