Changes in transient elastography in early cirrhotic patients after receiving nonselective B-blocker for primary variceal bleeding prophylaxis: Three-month follow up.

The NSBB administered for 3 months mainly improved TE value in early cirrhotic patients even though the changes of HR and TE did not correlate. Further study is needed to confirm whether the monitoring of TE change may be a better predictor for pharmacological response than the HR response.