Elastography is unable to exclude cirrhosis after sustained virological response in HCV-infected patients with advanced chronic liver disease.
Teresa BroquetasPaula Herruzo-PinoZoe MariñoDolores NaranjoMercedes VergaraRosa Mª MorillasXavier FornsJose Antonio CarriónPublished in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2021)
Cirrhosis is present, 3 years after SVR, in more than half of HCV-cACLD patients even with the normalisation of liver function parameters, serological non-invasive tests and TE values. The low diagnostic accuracy of non-invasive methods after SVR reinforces the need for long-term surveillance.