An exploratory study on the relation between the detection of chest/abdominal wall vein and liver reserve or esophageal varices using cellphone application Vein Seek.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- chronic liver disease, liver cirrhosis
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000035887
- Lead Sponsor
- School of Medicine, Tottori University Faculty of Medicine
- Brief Summary
Vein-weighted images (VWI) could significantly visualize abdominal wall variecs (AWV) than unmanipulated images (UI) (72% vs 24%, p =0.0005). Multivariate analysis demonstrated that VWI-AWV grade 2 was an independent factor related to the presence of non-treated GOV [OR=3.05 (1.24-7.53), p=0.016]. The vein-viewing application non-invasively detected AWV related to the presence of cirrhosis and GOV, and VWI-AWV grade 2 was an independent factor related to the presence of non-treated GOV.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
Patients who conflict with the following will not be included in this clinical study. 1) Subjects who have skin lesions and are difficult to acquire images. 2) Subjects who the researcher judged unsuitable for this study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The ability of Vein Seek on detecting chest wall and abdominal wall vein of cirrhotic patients.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1) Correlation with hepatic reserve (Child-Pugh classification) 2) Correlation with clinical images (endoscopic examination, CT images, MRI images)