Table 1.
Main clinical and biochemical characteristics of patients included in the study (n = 19).
Table 2.
Hemodynamic data at baseline and after the standard meal in the entire studied population (n = 19).
Figure 1.
Changes in liver stiffness (LS) after a liquid test meal in the studied population of patients with cirrhosis (n = 19). Panel A.
Individual changes of liver stiffness (LS) after the standard meal in the study population (n = 19). Baseline and post-prandial mean value (and standard deviation) are depicted in grey. Panel B. Changes in liver stiffness (LS) in patients showing a decrease in hepatic artery blood flow (HABF) post-prandially (column in white, n = 13) vs. HABF increased post-prandially (column in black, n = 6). As shown, patients showing a HABF decrease after the meal had a much lower increase of LS as compared to patients increasing HABF post-prandially (p<0.0001).