After the Cure: Management of HCV After Achievement of SVR

Abstract Co-infection with HIV and HCV is associated with accelerated progression of liver disease and increased complications compared with HCV infection alone. Treatment of HCV and achievement of a sustained virologic response (SVR) can improve outcomes in these patients. Even after clearance of the hepatitis C virus, however, patients remain at risk, albeit diminished, for the complications of chronic liver disease. As such, longitudinal monitoring of treated patients remains important for clinicians caring for this population. This article summarizes the benefits and persistent risks after attaining SVR. It reviews the natural history of fibrosis and addresses the monitoring and management of progressive liver disease..

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2013

Erschienen:

2013

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

Current HIV AIDS reports - 10(2013), 4 vom: 12. Nov., Seite 428-435

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zator, Zachary A. [VerfasserIn]
Chung, Raymond T. [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
Coinfection/drug therapy
Elasticity imaging techniques
End stage liver disease/etiology
HIV infections
Hepatitis C, Chronic/drug therapy
Hepatitis C, Chronic/epidemiology
Hepatitis C, Chronic/virology
Humans
Liver cirrhosis/complications
Liver cirrhosis/mortality
Liver cirrhosis/physiopathology
Liver cirrhosis/virology
Liver diseases/prevention & control
Liver diseases/virology
Tissue elasticity imaging
Treatment outcome

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© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013

doi:

10.1007/s11904-013-0181-9

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC2028975113