Background: This study investigated the relationship between liver stiffness and carotid artery elasticity in patients\nwith chronic viral hepatitis. We used an acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) technique to measure stiffness, and\na radio frequency (RF) vascular quantitative ultrasound technique to measure changes in common carotid artery\nelasticity and vascular function.\nMethods: Two-hundred seventeen patients with chronic viral hepatitis caused by either hepatitis B virus (HBV) or\nhepatitis C virus (HCV) were enrolled. We divided the patients into two groups, one comprising 147 patients with\nchronic hepatitis B (CHB) (98 men and 49 women, average age.............
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