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Insulin resistance and portal heamodynamics changes before and after treatment by new direct antivirals drugs in chronic HCV

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Hepatology

Abstract

Background and study aim: Insulin resistance is typically associated with chronic hepatitis C virus and its improvement after treatment of HCV with new direct antiviral drugs may change portal hemodynamics. This study aimed at assessing changes in HOMA-IR, APRI score and platelet count/spleen diameter ratio as fibrotic markers and changes of portal hemodynamics after treatment with direct- acting antiviral drugs. Patients and Methods: TheStudy included 100 chronic HCV patients who were eligible for treatment with direct-acting antiviral drugs. HOMA-IR, APRI score and platelet count/ spleen diameter ratio and changes of portal hemodynamics were calculated. Results: The noninvasive indices of liver fibrosis were assessed before and after HCV treatment. Insulin resistance improved significantly after treatment from (3.2±0.9) to (2.9±0.7). Doppler parameters of the studied group also showed marked improvement after treatment where the portal vein flow velocity and flow volume increased (15.8 ±1.7 vs 16.1±1.3) and (728.3±128.2 vs 1059.9±29.6) respectively. Hepatic artery resistive index and calculated congestive index of portal vein also, showed improvement (0.6±0.1 vs 0.49±0.1) (0.077 ±0.014 vs 0.051 ± 0.017) respectively. Conclusion: Direct-acting antiviral drugs may reduce inflammatory and fibrotic sequelae of HCV infection. Also, portal hypertensive indices improved and HOMA-IR, APRI score and platelet count/splenic diameter ratio show improvement.

DOI

10.21608/aeji.2019.12816.1025

Keywords

HCV treatment, HOMA-IR, APRI score, portal hypertention

Authors

First Name

Mahmoud

Last Name

Elsayed

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A

Affiliation

Tropical Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University,Egypt.

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mkhalilghd@gmail.com

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First Name

Ibrahim

Last Name

Ibrahim

MiddleName

M

Affiliation

Tropical Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University,Egypt.

Email

ibrahimibrahim1979@yahoo.com

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First Name

Kamal

Last Name

Amer

MiddleName

A

Affiliation

Tropical Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University,Egypt.

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drkamalamer82@yahoo.com

City

zagazig

Orcid

0000-0002-2147-0736

Volume

9

Article Issue

2

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5647

Issue Date

2019-06-01

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2019-06-06

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2019-06-01

Page Start

150

Page End

157

Print ISSN

2090-7613

Online ISSN

2090-7184

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https://aeji.journals.ekb.eg/article_36800.html

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616

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Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases

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https://aeji.journals.ekb.eg/

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Insulin resistance and portal heamodynamics changes before and after treatment by new direct antivirals drugs in chronic HCV

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22 Jan 2023