THIS IS A SPECIAL COMMENTARY ON “TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY ACCURATELY PREDICTS PRESENCE OF SIGNIFICANT PORTAL HYPERTENSION IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE” BY BUREAU, C., METIVIER, S., PERON, J.M., SELVES, J., ROBIC, M.A., GOURRAUD, P.A., ROUQUET, O., DUPUIS, E., ALRIC, I., AND VINEL, J.P., ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN AP&T IN 2008. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1365-2036.2008.03701.x