Is Transient Elastography Needed for Noninvasive Assessment of High-Risk Varices? The REAL Experience

INTRODUCTION:The Baveno VI consensus guidelines and an expanded algorithm suggest that transient elastography (TE) and platelet (PLT) count can be used to identify patients with cirrhosis who can avoid esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD). The primary aims of this study were to assess the ability of a s