Zoomers of the Sunshine Coast 🇨🇦New Ultrasound Study Shows Increased Liver Stiffness 10 Months After COVID-19 Infection
“Our study is part of emerging evidence that COVID-19 infection may lead to liver injury that lasts well after the acute illness,”
"Liver Stiffness" is a radiologic term, precisely an ultrasound term. Liver Stiffness is not a medical term. But increased liver stiffness correlates with liver fibrosis, so there is some meaning.
New Ultrasound Study Shows Increased Liver Stiffness 10 Months After COVID-19 Infection
The retrospective study involving the use of ultrasound shear wave elastography showed a significant increase in liver stiffness 44 weeks after the diagnosis of COVID-19 in comparison to pre-pandemic and pandemic controls.