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. 2016 Oct;37(7):1274-7.
doi: 10.1007/s00246-016-1428-1. Epub 2016 Jun 14.

MELD-XI Scores Correlate with Post-Fontan Hepatic Biopsy Fibrosis Scores

William N Evans  1   2 , Ruben J Acherman  3   4 , Michael L Ciccolo  3   4 , Sergio A Carrillo  3   4 , Alvaro Galindo  3   4 , Abraham Rothman  3   4 , Brody J Winn  5 , Noel S Yumiaco  5 , Humberto Restrepo  3   4
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MELD-XI Scores Correlate with Post-Fontan Hepatic Biopsy Fibrosis Scores

William N Evans et al. Pediatr Cardiol. 2016 Oct.

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.

Keywords: Fontan; Hepatic fibrosis; Liver biopsy; MELD-XI.

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