How useful are ARFI elastography cut-off values proposed by metaanalysis for predicting the significant fibrosis and compensated liver cirrhosis?

This paper aims to evaluate how often do people miss chronic hepatitis C patients with at least significant fibrosis and those with compensated cirrhosis, by using Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (ARFI) elastography cut-off values proposed by meta-analysis. The study included 132 patients with chronic hepatitis C, evaluated by means of ARFI and liver biopsy (LB), in the same session. Reliable measurements were defined as: median value of 10 liver stiffness (LS) measurements with a success rate≥60% and an interquartile range interval