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Bulevirtide safe, effective in HDV-induced cirrhosis with hypertension
A recent study has demonstrated the safety and efficacy of bulevirtide (BLV) monotherapy for 48 weeks in difficult-to-treat patients with hepatitis delta virus (HDV)-related compensated cirrhosis and clinically significant portal hypertension (CSPH).
Which factors raise HCC risk in patients with cured HCV?
Predictors of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) differ in patients with virologically cured hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection with and without cirrhosis, according to a study. However, changes in fibrosis-4 (FIB-4) scores over time are associated with HCC risk in both cohorts.
Entecavir plus traditional Chinese medicine cuts HCC risk in CHB
Among patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB), treatment with entecavir (ETV) and Biejia-Ruangan compound (BRC), an antifibrotic traditional Chinese medicine, helps reduce the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), a recent study reports.
Noninvasive scores use LSM to detect cirrhosis, advance fibrosis in NAFLD
Using liver stiffness measurements (LSM) combined with routine clinical parameters, Agile 3+, and Agile 4, both noninvasive scoring methods, can accurately identify advanced fibrosis (AF) and cirrhosis, respectively, in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), reports a new study.
Bariatric surgery provides cardioprotection in patients with severe obesity, NAFLD
Patients with severe obesity and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) appear to benefit from bariatric surgery, which significantly reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), a study has found.
