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A new update to the American Diabetes Association s Standards of Care advises use of the fibrosis-4 (FIB-4) index for screening and use of GLP-1 agonists or pioglitazone for treatment.
A prospective cohort study showed that patients with progression to cirrhosis measured by vibration-controlled transient elastography had a nearly twofold greater risk for poor outcomes or death.
After 1 year of therapy with the oral thyromimetic, patients with well-compensated NASH cirrhosis had significant improvements in both liver- and heart-related risk factors.
WASHINGTON — Magnetic resonance elastography was among the most accurate screening test to identify patients with at-risk nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, according to study results presented at The Liver Meeting. “This study is setting the stage for how these tests can be used to identify who needs to be treated without needing a liver biopsy,” Rohit Loomba, MD, MHSc, director of