4 Topic Commentaries

Continuous Monitoring Boosts Liver Assessment

Continuous Monitoring Boosts Liver Assessment

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  Michelle C. Nguyen, MD

  Transplant Surgery

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  Mayo Clinic

  But to get there, we first need better ways to understand how an organ is performing in real time.

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  Alina M. Allen, MD

  Gastroenterology (Hepatology)

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  Mayo Clinic

  In patients without cirrhosis, MRE (magnetic resonance elastography) can guide disease surveillance and timing of longitudinal, noninvasive monitoring in NAFLD (nonalcoholic fatty liver disease).

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  Andrew M. Cameron, MD, PhD

  Transplant Surgery

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  Johns Hopkins Medicine

  It’s the idea of a liver or a kidney in a box.

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  Amit K. Mathur, MD

  Transplant Surgery

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  Mayo Clinic

  We're able to observe the organ being metabolically active, meaning the organ is still working.

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