Non-invasive evaluation of liver fibrosis using transient elastography.

By Laurent Castéra, X. Forns, A. Alberti. Journal of Hepatology, 2008

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EASL-ALEH Clinical Practice Guidelines: Non-invasive tests for evaluation of liver disease severity and prognosis. (2015, neutral): “30%) [50].”
WFUMB guidelines and recommendations for clinical use of ultrasound elastography: Part 3: liver. (2015, methodology): “5 kPa, cirrhosis is likely (Castera et al. 2008) (Figure 2).”
EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines: management of hepatitis C virus infection. (2011, background): “TE performs better at detecting cirrhosis than lesser degrees of fibrosis [65,66].”
Pitfalls of liver stiffness measurement: A 5‐year prospective study of 13,369 examinations (2010, methodology): “The manufacturer recommends that successful measurements be validated by using the following three criteria: (1) number of valid shots at least 10; (2) success rate (SR: the ratio of valid shots to the total number of shots) at least 60%; and (3) interquartile range (IQR, reflecting the variability ”
Ultrasound Elastography: Review of Techniques and Clinical Applications (2017, background): “Measurements assess a tissue volume of approximately 1 cm wide x 4 cm long, which is >100 times larger than the average volume of a biopsy sample [16, 17].”