ElastP a novel elastographic method for the evaluation of liver fibrosis in patients with B and C chronic hepatopathies

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of a point shear wave elastography using ARFI technique – ElastPQ, in patients with B and C chronic hepatopathies, using Transient Elastography (TE) as the reference method, since it is a validated method for liver fibrosis assessment (EASL Guidelines). Materials and methods: The study included 228 consecutive subjects with chronic hepatopathies (26% HBV, 74% HCV) from whom 51% had liver cirrhosis. Liver stiffness (LS) was evaluated in the same session by means of 2 elastographic methods: TE (Fibroscan, Echosens) and ElastPQ (Philips,…