Non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis by means of Transient Elastography and Fibrotest in patients with HCV compensated liver cirrhosis

Purpose: The severity of liver disease should be assessed prior to therapy. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the accuracy of FibroTest and Transient Elastography (TE) for predicting HCV liver cirrhosis (LC), in naïve or treatment-experienced patients, with compensated liver disease. Material and methods: The study included 104 consecutive patients previously diagnosed with compensated HCV LC based on clinical, biologic, ultrasonographic, morphologic, laparoscopic or endoscopic (esophageal varices) criterias, who were considered for interferon free treatment (Viekirax/Exviera). Liver fibrosis was assessed…