Letter to the Editor
Comment on “Assessment of Liver Stiffness in Pediatric Fontan Patients Using Transient Elastography”
Table 1
Performance of transient elastography for detection advanced fibrosis and liver cirrhosis.
| Author | Patients | Advanced fibrosis (>F2) | Liver cirrhosis | Cut-off | Se% | Sp% | Cut-off | Se% | Sp% |
| Lupsor et al. 2008 | 324 | 7.4 | 76 | 84 | 11.9 | 87 | 91 | Arena et al. 2008 | 150 | 7.8 | 83 | 82 | 14.8 | 94 | 92 | Platon et al. 2013 | 1202 | 7.4 | 80 | 84 | 13.2 | 94 | 93 |
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Se, sensitivity; SP, specificity.
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