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William N Evans1,2, Ruben J Acherman3,4, Michael L Ciccolo3,4
1Children's Heart Center Nevada, 3006 S. Maryland Pkwy, Ste. 690, Las Vegas, NV, 89109, USA. wnevans50@aol.com.
Abstract:
We tested the hypothesis that MELD-XI values correlated with hepatic total fibrosis scores obtained in 70 predominately stable, post-Fontan patients that underwent elective cardiac catheterization. We found a statistically significant correlation between MELD-XI values and total fibrosis scores (p = 0.003). Thus, serial MELD-XI values may be an additional useful clinical parameter for follow-up care in post-Fontan patients.
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