Roberto Di Donato

TL;DR: In conclusion, MELD‐sodium and integrated MELD were the best prognostic models to predict drop‐out rates among patients awaiting LT.

TL;DR: The present results showed only moderate concordance of the majority of elastography machines with the Fibroscan results, preventing the possibility of the immediate universal adoption of fibroscan thresholds for defining liver fibrosis staging for all new machines.

TL;DR: A past HBV infection seems not to be a condition predisposing to HBV reactivation and, in HBsAg-positive subjects not in suppressive treatment with nucleos(t)ide analogs, regular monitoring of HBV-DNA during and after DAA treatment should be considered.

TL;DR: Hepatic and splenic arteries resistance indexes and the hepatic veins waveform pattern assessed by Doppler ultrasound may provide information similar to that of Transient Elastography in hepatitis C related chronic liver disease.

TL;DR: SCCA-IgM serum measurement could permit implementation of a two step surveillance: an initial serological surveillance, based on the annual monitoring of this biomarker, and the conventional surveillance by semiannual US when SCCA+ve cirrhotic patients at low HCC risk becomes >200 AU/mL.