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Article Abstract
Background: Noninvasive assessments of liver fibrosis are currently used to evaluate cystic fibrosis (CF)-related liver disease. However, there is scarce data regarding their repeatability and reproducibility, especially in children with CF. The present study aimed to evaluate the repeatability and reproducibility of transient elastography (TE) (FibroScan®) and point shear-wave elastography using virtual touch quantification (pSWE VTQ) in children with CF.
Methods: TE and pSWE VTQ were performed in 56 children with CF by two different operators. Analysis of repeatability and reproducibility was available in 33 patients for TE and 46 patients for pSWE VTQ. Intra- and interobserver agreement were assessed using the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and their 95% confidence interval (CI), and Bland and Altman graphs.
Results: For TE, ICC was 0.91 (0.83-0.95) for intraobserver agreement and 0.92 (95% CI: 0.86-0.96) for interobserver agreement. For pSWE VTQ, ICC was 0.83 (0.72-0.90) for intraobserver agreement and 0.67 (0.48-0.80) for interobserver agreement.
Conclusions: Both technics can be proposed in the follow-up of patients, according to their availability in CF centers.
Impact: This study shows that TE and pSWE VTQ are reliable methods to evaluate liver fibrosis in children with CF. This study shows for the first time that TE and pSWE VTQ are both repeatable and reproducible in children with CF. These data indicate that both TE and pSWE VTQ can be proposed for the follow-up of patients with CF, according to their availability in each CF center.
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