Participate in the joint guideline of the CBR and the SBH for the elaboration of the document with the national recommendations of Elastography in liver diseases

The Brazilian Society of Hepatology will hold its XXV Brazilian Congress of Hepatology – Hepato 2019, from October 2nd to 4th, at the Hotel Tivoli Mofarrej, located in the city of São Paulo. The College will have an important participation in the event through lectures and discussions on relevant topics. Part of the program will address the “Guidelines of the Brazilian Society of Hepatology & the Brazilian College of Radiology on the Use of Elastography in Liver Diseases”. - How to use elastography for staging fibrosis in liver diseases? - What are the new invasive methods for staging fibrosis? - In which liver diseases do we have better evidence of its applicability in clinical practice? These and many other issues will be discussed on the 4th, in auditorium 3, from 11:30 am to 2:00 pm, according to the schedule below: 11:30 am to 11:35 am – Panel systematics 11:35 am to 11:50 am – Transient hepatic elastography and pSWE in hepatitis C 11:50 am to 12:05 pm – Hepatic elastography by 2D-SWE and MRI in hepatitis C 12:05-12:20 – Discussion 12:20-12:35 – Evaluation of fibrosis and steatosis by transient hepatic elastography and pSWE in NAFLD 12:35-12:50 – Evaluation of fibrosis and steatosis by 2DSWE and MRI in NAFLD 12:50-1:05 pm – Discussion 1:05 pm-1:20 pm – Liver elastography in chronic hepatitis B 1:20 pm-1:35 pm – Liver elastography in alcoholic liver disease 1:35 pm-1:50 pm – Discussion 1:50 pm-2:00 pm – SBH-CBR guideline writing process (public consultation) Dr. Hilton Muniz, Antonio Carlos Matteoni and Rogério Silva are some of the radiologists who will participate in the construction of this important document, together with Drs Fernando Linhares, Jorge Elias, Roberto Lemos, Rodrigo Azambuja and Sandra Tochetto. To find out the complete scientific program, information on speakers and registration, visit the website sbhepatologia.org.br/hepato2019. There will be nine international speakers and around 140 national speakers at a major event, which CBR associates have a special discount. Enjoy!