title: [Hepatic elastography. Position paper of the Catalan Society of Gastroenterology].
abstract: This document provides a detailed description of the position of the Catalan Society of Gastroenterology on the accuracy and utility of elastography in the non-invasive diagnosis of liver fibrosis. The document was written by a group of experts in chronic liver diseases and liver transplantation and reflects the consensus reached on the methodology and indications of transient elastography. This document was reviewed and presented in an abbreviated form at the XX Congress of the Catalan Society of Gastroenterology and included on the website http://www.scdigestologia.org/index.php?link=docs_posicio.
authors.affiliation: Sección de Hepatología, Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital del Mar, Parc de Salut Mar, Instituto Municipal de Investigación Médica (IMIM), Barcelona, España. 95565@parcsalutmar.cat
authors.forename: José A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Carrión
authors.forename: Miquel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Navasa
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Buti
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Torras
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xiol
authors.forename: Mercedes
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vergara
authors.forename: Ramón
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Planas
authors.forename: Ricard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Solà
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Forns
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D054459:Elasticity Imaging Techniques / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000150:complications; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D059032:Learning Curve; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity