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Viral
hepatitis

Chronic viral hepatitis is a syndrome characterized  by hepatotropic viral infection usually associated with chronic inflammation, hepatocyte injury and progressive fibrosis, that can progress to cirrhosis and associated complications. Hepatitis becomes chronic when infection lasts more than 6 months, typically in the context of HCV or HBV.

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There are strong correlations of liver stiffness with liver fibrosis in Hepatitis C, Hepatitis B, and also in other causes of liver disease such as NAFLD and NASH.

Nezam Afdhal | MD and Associate Professor of Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, United States

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Before VCTE and CAP, the only real diagnostic option for assessing patients with hepatitis C virus was biopsy, and even then, we couldn’t always pick up ‘borderline’ cases. We’ve almost stopped doing biopsies now, except in rare diagnostic dilemmas.

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Douglas Dieterich | MD, Professor of Medicine at Mount Sinai Health System, division of liver disease

Viral hepatitis Talks

Echosens wishes to give the voice to health experts to exchange and better treat chronic liver disease. A range of educational webinars on various etiologies are available in our webinars library.