Assessing spleen stiffness by point shear‐wave elastography: Is it feasible and reproducible in patients with chronic liver disease? Is it useful to predict portal hypertension?

Background and aims To assess the feasibility and reproducibility of the spleen stiffness (SS) measurement by point shear-wave elastography (pSWE) in a cohort of compensated chronic liver disease (CLD) patients [Cohort 1] and to investigate pSWE accuracy to predict clinically relevant portal hypertension (PH) in a consecutive cohort of cirrhotics with endoscopic signs of portal hypertension [Cohort 2]. Methods [Cohort 1]: 186 consecutive CLD...