MELD-XI Scores Correlate with Post-Fontan Hepatic Biopsy Fibrosis Scores

Abstract

We tested the hypothesis that MELD-XI values correlated with hepatic total fibrosis scores obtained in 70 predominately stable, post-Fontan patients that underwent elective cardiac catheterization. We found a statistically significant correlation between MELD-XI values and total fibrosis scores (p = 0.003). Thus, serial MELD-XI values may be an additional useful clinical parameter for follow-up care in post-Fontan patients.

Keywords: Fontan; Hepatic fibrosis; Liver biopsy; MELD-XI.