Non-invasive Evaluation of Portal Pressure by MRI

Using MRI for a Non-invasive Evaluation of Portal Pressure

Overview

Key facts that identify this study and show where it stands today.

What the study is about and why it is being run, in the researchers' own words.

Official Title: Using MRI for a Non-invasive Evaluation of Portal Pressure
Brief Summary: The objective of this research is to study the correlation between the portosystemic pressure gradient and azygos blood flow measured by MRI.
Detailed Description: All patients will benefit from:

Pressure gradient measurement portosystemic

MRI measurement of azygos flow, aortic, portals, spleen and lower cellar

Liver biopsy

Laboratory tests

The medical conditions and diseases this study investigates.

The treatments and procedures being evaluated in this study.

Who can join this study and the criteria used to decide.

Ages Eligible for Study: Adult (18-64)Older Adult (65+)
Sexes Eligible for Study: All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
Eligibility Criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

Suspicion of chronic liver disease

Indication to perform a liver biopsy transjugular

Patient able to consent

Exclusion Criteria:

contraindication to MRI:

Holders of a pacemaker or a defibrillator, an implanted material activated by electrical, magnetic or mechanical

Holders of hemostatic clips intracerebral aneurysms or carotid arteries, bearing orthopedic implants

claustrophobic

Severe hepatic encephalopathy

Inability to MRI in the week surrounding the first jugular

How the study is designed and how its participant groups are organized.

The people to reach with questions about this study or how to join it.

No central contacts

There are no central contacts for this study.

Where the study is run and whether each site is currently recruiting.

UH Toulouse

Toulouse, 31059, France

The organizations and people involved in this study.

Other registered studies that closely resemble this one.